Poland in the EU

Law and Justice (PiS) have taken to their traditional anti-German, pro-catholic messages to lure voters.

Sorry not to have written for so long. I was off to Paris. Depressing how people there (as elsewhere) are uninterested in the European election.

If you are wondering what is happening in the Polish campaign, here is a quick update. Law and Justice have been back to their traditional campaign tactics: raising fears of Germans and talking about how catholic Europe should be. You can read all about it in English here, here and here, so I will just say I am suprised they still think it will work. But maybe they are right and I am wrong: the latest poll in the Mazovia region (around the capital, but minus the capital) shows they are ahead. Luckily in some other places like Gdansk very far behind.

It has also been officially announced that they will be forming a group in the European Parliament with the British Conservatives and Czech ODS. David Cameron even made it to Poland to let this be known (and obviosly to help PiS in their campaign). The Kaczynskis must be thrilled, some respectable company finally, but I really can't grasp why Mr. Cameron wants to ally himself with them. The anti-German stream, perhaps? Because not their stance on gays, I suspect.