The Big Picture
Vincent Boland: Tusk’s election victory will herald a welcome return for Poland to the centre of Europe
No election in Europe in 2023 is more important than the one that just happened in Poland, where conservative Jarosław Kaczyński’s failure is good news for the country and Europe
The thing about populists and aspiring strongmen is that they are can be undone by personal flaws as much as by policies.
If Jarosław Kaczyński was a little less obsessed with his supposed enemies, a little less introverted, a little less prickly, a little less conspiratorial and a little less downright odd, his reign as the most dominant and enigmatic political leader in post-communist Poland might have endured for another four years.
After last Sunday, ...
