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This week, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill is back with Ben Stanley, a political scientist at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, to talk about the recent crisis in Poland’s ruling coalition and the reshuffle of the government.
They discuss the conflict between Law and Justice (PiS) and the United Poland (Solidarna Polska) party of justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro; the background to the government reshuffle; Jarosław Kaczyński’s new position; the appointment of an MP known for anti-LGBT comments as education minister; and political scenarios for the future.
Also check out our previous episode on the ongoing mass protests in Belarus, Poland’s broader interest in its eastern neighbours, and the threat of Russian intervention.
Producer: Sebastian Leśniewski
Main image credit: Flickr/Krystian Maj/Kancelaria Premiera (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland. He is also Professor of Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge. He has spent more than ten years living in Poland, mostly based in Kraków and Bielsko-Biała.
He is the Chair of the Board of the Notes from Poland Foundation.
