Since Poland’s Law and Justice Party rose to power in November 2015, the conservative government has been accused of undermining the rule of law and democracy. Earlier this year, the European Commission issued an official warning to Warsaw after it weakened the Constitutional Court through controversial legal reforms. The PiS has also been accused of clamping down on media freedom, promoting national ‘sovereignty’ and intervening further in the prosecutor’s office and police. Yet this new wave of nationalism has one distinct feature; it’s driven by the youth. Peter Dickinson, publisher of Business Ukraine magazine and Lviv Today, explains this new phenomenon and how historical factors have shaped today’s Poland and Polish-Ukrainian relations.
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