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Tusk promised on his 2023 campaign trail to undo the near-total ban on abortion introduced by the PiS government.

what many women see as Tusk’s most glaring broken promise: failing to overturn the near-total abortion ban imposed by PiS.

  • RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️English
    333·
    1 day ago

    I thought for sure Donald Tusk, and in particular Tusk being a portmanteau between Musk and Trump, was a fake name.

    And what a sad state Polish politics looks to be in.

    Trzaskowski, 53, has sought to position himself as more progressive than Tusk, who is 68. But faced with rising support for ultraconservative views espoused by Mentzen and Nawrocki, he recently hardened his stance on immigration, calling for Ukrainian refugees’ benefits to be cut.

    He also distanced himself from the inclusive language previously introduced at Warsaw city hall. “We have two biological sexes, we all know that,” Trzaskowski said in a recent Polsat television interview that drew criticism from LGBTQ activists.

    If that’s the best guy to vote for, sad state indeed.

    • MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      hardened his stance on immigration, calling for Ukrainian refugees’ benefits to be cut.

      Your perception of this statement is out of context. The context is, on two examples

      1. Guaranteed minimal pension for foreigners require them to work legally in Poland for only one month. This is exploited by Ukrainians and at the same time Polish nationals have much stricter requirements, we feel discriminated in our own country.
      2. Up to June 2025 the social program 500+ (now 800+) which is paid as support in raising a child, for each child, put no limits on eligibility for foreigners. Again exploited by Ukrainian families that quickly returned to their homeland.

      Before the invasion there was also governmental support in form of partial mortgage repayment for people buying their first flat which again was exploited by Ukrainians buying their first flat… in Poland.

      Our government has a track record of intentional fuckups in this regard, this is reflected in public mood towards social support for Ukrainians. This is not to stop helping Ukrainian refugees, this is manipulation. It is to stop treating Poles in their own country worse than foreigners.

      • RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️English
        4·
        23 hours ago

        I see. So initially there was leniency given to Ukrainian refugees then? Which he’s hoping to roll back because it’s getting exploited? You’re right, that doesn’t seem too insensible.