Tens of hundreds of far-right supporters on Saturday chanted anti-European Union slogans amid a sea of purple and white Polish flags at an independence day rally.
The annual occasion in Warsaw attracted 40,00 folks, metropolis corridor mentioned, whereas media shops estimated 90,000 had turned out, lower than a month after the pro-EU opposition gained legislative elections.
Banners and placards referred to as for a “Polexit” after Britain’s Brexit from the EU from January 2020.
“If there are new adjustments within the European treaties, Poland have to be able to give up the European Union,” mentioned All-Polish Youth chief Marcin Kowalski.
Future adjustments to the treaties will rework the bloc right into a “euro-federalist collective” led by the European Fee, Kowalski charged.
The ruling Legislation and Justice (PiS) get together which had backed the rally in earlier years, organised its personal independence celebrations this yr on the eve of the official date.
The conservative PiS is making an attempt to kind a brand new authorities after falling wanting a parliamentary majority within the October 15 vote, with little hope of discovering a coalition companion.
Opposition chief Donald Tusk’s liberal Civic Coalition bloc completed second however along with two minor events — the centrist Third Approach and the Left — secured a majority of 248 lawmakers within the 460-seat parliament, which is because of re-open on Monday.
Warsaw’s relations with the EU’s governing establishments have plummeted for the reason that PiS got here to energy as a consequence of perceived back-pedalling on democracy by Warsaw.
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