https://www.economist.com/international/2025/03/27/donald-trump-is-affecting-politics-everywhere
FACH TIME Slawomir Mentzen speaks, the crowds seem to get larger. In a matter of weeks the 38-year-old far-right firebrand has leapfrogged to second place in Poland’s presidential contest. Mr Mentzen once said his party opposed “Jews, homosexuals, abortion, taxation and the European Union”. Now, he has a powerful new message: thinly veiled antagonism for Ukraine. A recent poll suggests that one in five Polish voters supports him.
