Karol Nawrocki, the nationalist outsider who scored a shock victory in June’s runoff for president in Poland, will be inaugurated on Wednesday, setting up a battle with Donald Tusk's pro-EU administration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/poland-political-battle-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtusk #karolnawrocki #europe #eu

Advocates of liberal democracy tend to veer between triumphalism and fatalism nowadays. But neither perspective really captures the politics of countries like Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Italy and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/is-democracy-stalemated/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hungary #poland #serbia #viktororban #karolnawrocki #democracy