Poland Faces Culture Clash in Upcoming Elections

The center-left Civic Platform and center-right Law and Justice parties are navigating—and feeding—a polarized political landscape.

If one were to imagine a Mount Rushmore of European Union (EU) bureaucrats, it would certainly feature the likeness of former European Council President Donald Tusk. Consequently, seeing Tusk’s face emblazoned across international media this week has been unsurprising. On October 1, he presided over a large pro-abortion rally calculated to kick off two weeks of adulatory media coverage before Poland’s October 15 parliamentary elections.