The widely expected victory of Jarosław Kaczyński’s Law and Justice Party (PiS) in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Poland Sunday (25 October) will mark the end of an era in the history of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia – or “New Europe”, to use a term coined by former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.After the fall of communism, political elites in the four countries were long united in their commitment to European integration and the strengthening of transatlantic ties.That time is over now. Some of the most significant pro-Western personalities have passed away, including Václav Havel and …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research