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Nawrocki, aka the "nationalist" candidate, just won the election in Poland with a very narrow margin.

Nawrocki is formally independent, but is aligned with the PiS party of current president Duda, who were responsible for undermining Polish democracy by among other things stacking the courts with illegitimate judges. As the president has the power to block all judidcal appointments, it does not look like Poland will have their democracy back for the next five years: Duda has simply blocked all judicial appointments rendering the Polish state a lame duck, and in all likelihood Nawrocki will keep up the same obstructionist strategy.

Then again, that's what they voted for.

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[โ€“] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If the entire population of Poland (36.69 (nice) million, 2023) was completely idiotic, that would only be slightly more than 10% of the US population (340.1 million, 2024). I think we still hold the largest concentration of idiot.

[โ€“] harcesz@szmer.info 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Won by less than 2%, it was 50.89% to 49.11%, with 70% voting. But yeah, we're not the brightest Europe has to offer.