“I can proudly say that post-communism has today ended in Poland”, declared Karol Nawrocki.
Communism
Poland’s Communist Party declared unlawful by constitutional court
“There is no place in the Polish legal system for a party that glorifies criminals and communist regimes responsible for the deaths of millions.”
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