“I agree that Donald Tusk is facing a fight for everything, because I believe that another term of rule by what I see as a German proxy in Poland could simply bring an end to the project called Poland — at least a Poland governed sovereignly, with decisions made by us,” said journalist Michał Rachoń while commenting on the prime minister’s reaction to the announcement by the PiS leader that Przemysław Czarnek is the party’s candidate for prime minister.
On Saturday, PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński announced that the party’s candidate for prime minister would be Przemysław Czarnek. Soon after, numerous comments from the ruling camp appeared online. One of them was posted by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“So three Confederations against us. There is nothing to be afraid of, but they must not be underestimated. One thing is certain: in 2027 Poland will face a game for everything,” he wrote on the X platform.
Reactions to the Law and Justice party’s decision were discussed on the program 13 Piętro. Commenting on the prime minister’s post, journalist Michał Rachoń said he wondered whether the head of government actually meant that for him personally it would be a “fight for everything.”
“They simultaneously say that this is very good for them, but on the other hand, when you read what they write, they seem somewhat frightened,” he assessed.
Evaluating other posts by representatives of the left-liberal camp, he said that “they treat one of Przemysław Czarnek’s strongest assets — the fact that he can speak with ordinary people in simple language — as something that should be emphasized in order to attack him.”
“They are fully aware that in the political process we are currently observing, Law and Justice is trying to regain that part of its political base which it lost. The point, at least from the perspective of Law and Justice, is to signal to voters of Confederation or the party of Grzegorz Braun: ‘come back to us; we have reconsidered the issues that caused you to drift away from Law and Justice, and we are presenting you with an offer you can accept, because Przemysław Czarnek has never hidden his good relations with this political environment.’”
Rachoń also agreed with Tusk that he is facing a fight for everything, arguing that “another term of rule by a German proxy in Poland could simply end the project called Poland — at least a Poland governed sovereignly and making its own decisions.” However, he assessed that Tusk’s reaction actually makes it easier for PiS to achieve its goals.
“It is puzzling whether they are currently in a frenzy, in shock, and do not understand what this is about. Or whether they assume that their own electorate — or the part of it that still supports the ruling coalition — will consider being frightened by the vision of three Confederations to be more mobilizing for their voters than for Law and Justice voters. At this moment I do not suspect them of calculation; rather, I assume it is frenzy,” he said.