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Poland’s Populist Party Changing the Court System: a threat to democracy? by Carolyn Stephens @ UCLA

posted on March 15, 2018 by Carolyn Stephens

University of California, Los Angeles Tagged With: democratic backsliding, Democratic Erosion, Europe, Poland, populism, Russia and Eastern Europe

In 2016, the populist Law and Justice party (PiS) of Poland gained a majority in the lower house of parliament without a coalition. The party consequently used their legislative power to adjust the …

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