Poland under new management | DW Documentary

Poland may have succeeded in voting out a right-wing populist government, but have the country’s divisions improved?
From the exclusion of LGBT+ people to bans on abortion and the firing of journalists critical of the government - eight years of rule by the Law and Justice party saw Poland drifting ever further from democracy. How do Polish people feel about the recent political change? What do they expect from their new, pro-European government? DW speaks to Poles of different ages in both urban and rural areas, including supporters and opponents of the former ruling party, gathering a range of perspectives on the hopes and fears of the Polish people. A report by Axel Rowohlt.
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[@1112viggo]

lol i don´t know much about Polish culture but I'm already a great fan of fat Thursday!🍰

[@veebee69]

Paczki day! 🍩

[@mgtowski395]

Tak 🍩🍩

[@seanpetaia]

I agreed with yu my friend. They just look yummy 😋

[@mduduzigama5534]

Count me in 🤣🤣🤣

[@gulferaixtiyorova4521]

​@@veebee69😂😂😂❤

[@mycosys]

Did you talk to a single person under 40??

[@MiSt3300]

I'm a Polish person under 40 and I support the transition of government. You have no idea what PiS was doing to Poland

[@mycosys]

@@MiSt3300 Which is why i wanted to hear from someone with a future there, not 80yos. Do these neolibs really go far enough for Polish youth??

[@AdHernandez]

I am living in Poland for 10 years and are 34 y/o, I fully support Tusk's government, because PIS was destroying Poland and its democracy.

[@MiSt3300]

@@mycosys why do you label them all as neolibs, but in essence you're right, they are neo liberals unfortunately. I'm talking strictly about the economy here. Will they do anything for the young people? Probably not, but neither would PiS. PiS is really a party for the old people, a nationalist party that used their power to erode critisizm further and further. They really didn't want to stop ruling ever again. And it was scary, because Poland was becoming like Hungary or Russia. Poor illiberal countries where the ruling party and it's friends can do whatever they want. At least now the government is different. It's crucial to have change of power.

[@mycosys]

@@AdHernandez So an old foreigner. Thx for the perspective.

[@wielkibiszkopt9007]

Poor old lady had to talk about politics on her birthday

[@T.2.S.A.]

Lekker belangrijk.

[@seanpetaia]

Well this is news my friend 😂. Everything should be political, By the news. I just laughed at yur comment pro😅

[@mduduzigama5534]

@@T.2.S.A.Is your response in Afrikaans or Germany? Just curious

[@Raevnard]

DW actually brought politics to an old woman’s birthday party 😂

[@snicker576]

I know 😂 it's wild

[@mduduzigama5534]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wild indeed.

[@gordonaliasme1104]

🤣👍

[@AlphaAlpha__3241]

In Poland, it would have ended up that way even without DW 😂

[@Blanka1100]

Believe me, Poles talk about politics everytime they can, brthday, Christmas time, we simply love complaining.

[@davidkinorani]

This was a particularly bad report. DW, you can do better.

[@pythagorasnine]

They can't Not when it comes to Poland.

[@TacticaLLR]

@@pythagorasninewhy?

[@pluki1357]

It is more complex than what was showed in this video. It's missing the courts / judiciary hoax of the PiS party grab, the religion issue, the generation shift, womens rights. Focusing over half of the time in the video on gay issue distorts the view a bit.

[@paweturysta8617]

Why the German TV would be happy about the new Polish government? I'm sure they're into the Polish national interest 🤣🤣🤣

[@ericscottstevens]

Historically Poland and Russia have been more at odds for centuries than Poland and Germany. So it seems people like you are still hooked on 1939 as ever.

[@theaceofknaves3285]

@@ericscottstevens lol, remind us who wiped pooland off the map in 18th century?

[@azgul4738]

@@theaceofknaves3285 And whose fault was that ? Who manage to create weak prone to corruption government that other nations were able to use ? When russians had problems with their monarchy we took advantage and placed our king as theirs almost subjugating them so russians should never forget that and never try to have good relations with poland (i know what russian goverment now is like but this is an example ). We were weak other used that when others were weak we used that

[@akpl4210]

😂

[@voyd1507]

Why are you bringing Russia into equation? How is that relevant?@@ericscottstevens

[@annehersey9895]

Well that’s the great thing about living in a true Democracy-if you don’t like the current government, you can always vote them out! As long as the Government upholds the Constitution and Democracy then they are not bad for t😢country. If any Government passes a truly bad law, the other party can modify it when they are in power. That’s why regular elections are so necessary-so the people can talk with their vote.

[@raczyk]

Hiw naive.

[@annehersey9895]

@@raczyk Truth!

[@MiSt3300]

I am a young Pole and I support this transition. Government should always change, not like in Russia with one dictator ruling Russia for 24 years

[@tekinfomedi]

So will you accept a hypothetical pro-Russian gov sometime in the future if the people of Poland vote for it? 😊😊

[@hangeron718]

If Russia was a democracy? Yeah, sure, why not.

[@BB-hx4mj]

@@hangeron718key world “IF”

[@Har1ByWorld]

when you suport german puppet govermment you dont support Poland or democracy

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@BB-hx4mj We have a pro-German govt, tho not much better. And a pro-EU one in a sense "harder daddy".

[@veebee69]

Taking an old person's TV is like taking away an ipad from a toddler 😢

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Or a phone from a zoomer. Except more understandable.

[@Slovian3097]

Unfortunately, this is a difficult topic because now all TV stations in Poland are now under the power of the ruling party, which often spreads propaganda and does not talk about what it does, for example they have remained silent about the attempt to involve Poland in the war in Ukraine, blocking many Polish national investments, admission of about 500,000 immigrants to our country (most of people here are against it) and they are blaming polish farmers for protests and are calling them "pro-russian provocateurs" and did not speak any single word about the provocations of the police during the strikes in Warsaw about 2 weeks ago during huge protests, the abuse of power by them and the brutal pacification of the strikers, during which national symbols (mainly flags) were desecrated by police officers. Even one of the members of the "Konfederacja", which is a party in opposition to the ruling party, was gassed. Party that is ruling now in Poland is pro-german, that's why DW Documentary (german station) is talking good about it, while it's not as bright as they describe it. So don't believe anything in the internet.

[@Vielenberg]

​​@@Slovian3097that is just BS. There is one privately owned and publicly available TV that is not only supporting L&J but partially owned by one of Kaczynski's private foundations.

[@Slovian3097]

@@Vielenberg Didn't know that, but still poles often watches only two news channels: tvn or tvp info, rarely tv republika and polsat news. Even thou it's parially owned by Kaczyński foundation it's not making them a PiS news channel, especially when they say things different from pis perspective and most of people don't know they exist.

[@Vielenberg]

@@Slovian3097 most Poles don't watch TV at all. 66% of both TVP and TVN viewership are people over 50. And the news on each channel are watched by about 2M people daily. That is 5% of the entire population. TV Republika has viewership of at least 1M. So even compared to private TVN or public TVP it is quite significant. Remember that TV Republika is one of few dozens of publicly available channels - even without cable or satelite TV.

[@mauliksatasiya6664]

Took a pause when they said 2015 was 8 years ago!

[@mr.steevieboii5343]

wdym 2015 was just last year

[@humayunsarfraz1495]

Best of luck Poland

[@mr.bleblon1210]

Poles are divided in their worldviews, but they are interested in substantive debate, not ideological wars or ideological gibberish and believe that evry form of ideological extremism is a threat to democracy and it doesn't matter whether it's right-wing or left-wing

[@theaceofknaves3285]

Until now

[@Interpid_Citizen]

India requires the same kind of change in the country. The people's brains have been poisoned by the extremely radical religious right wing ruling sect.

[@mauliksatasiya6664]

For a change to happen, there needs to be another wing. The left are divided themselves.

[@user-qz3to7gd5l]

India has been invaded plundered pillaged by Mughals, Sultanate, Afghans and British. Then India was partitioned because of Islam. We suffering from socialism and Islamism since 1947 ( I am Bengali from Kolkata and I know how Bengal was destroyed by Communists). India is on right track where Pakistan or any other country cannot harass us as they used to do in 1948, 1962, 1965, 1971 and 1999.

[@user-qz3to7gd5l]

2024 BJP will get 400+ seats.

[@Interpid_Citizen]

@@user-qz3to7gd5l India was first invaded by the Aryans. They caused the most damage to the land, people and their culture.

[@Interpid_Citizen]

@@user-qz3to7gd5l Even with a large part of the population, particularly from the 'bimaru' states, having been turned into brainless slaves, tall claims anticipating such huge victory is nothing but fool's dream.

[@singaporenoodles7189]

I'm happy that civic coalition came in power the law and justice party abused the rule of law and separation of powers let's hope the opposition in Hungary can do the same

[@collision-xx9fr]

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

Civic coalition also abuses rule of law but no one cares as long as they follow orders from Berlin and Brussels.

[@stomeka]

We hopen not. The neoliberal would bring desaster for Hungary. They would sell the country to the globaist, as they did between 2002 and 2010. It was enough once. from them.

[@yanpeyer5686]

please let people vote like in Switzerland

[@Elcomendante64]

How is that?

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

What a strange 🤔 and unbelievable view. No one is talking about economic problems or migration of youths. Is Poland a part of paradise?

[@mr.bleblon1210]

The German media are one of the least reliable media about Poland and they mainly deal with propaganda

[@IhaveBigFeet]

Because the economy is one of the things the previous government done correctly, and they know it. Poland is not far off from Spain or Italy in terms of wealth now, and overtook Western European Portugal and Greece already. To complain about the economy in Poland right now would be stupid as it's the best it;s ever been.

[@hewonvervault1223]

Thanks for the clarification about the anti abortionist stance.

[@polishnorwegianandspanish9145]

What clarification? The majority of the society is pro-abortion according to any poll you can find.

[@tomeckb29]

They didn't explain anything there, they just said nonsense. There was no new abortion law. The only thing that happened on this topic during the PiS era was the ruling of the constitutional tribunal regarding the clarification of this law. And any tribunal that would rule on this - whether under PiS or earlier - would issue exactly the same sentence. And of course, no woman died because of it. If anything, it's due to the incompetence of doctors.

[@asieraies]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: The recent elections in Poland saw the right-wing populists from the Law and Justice party voted out, reflecting a democratic shift in the country. The new leader, Donald Tusk, is liberal and pro-Europe, facing resistance from right-wing nationalists. The Law and Justice party, in power for 8 years, faced criticism for discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ individuals and restrictive abortion laws. Despite polarization, there are signs of change, with increased acceptance of LGBTQ+ rights and discussions around civil unions and abortion rights. Media landscape changes reflect political shifts, with former state broadcasters undergoing upheaval and privatized channels gaining prominence. Social cohesion remains a challenge, but there's optimism for positive change and the desire to build a unified society in Poland. Made with HARPA AI

[@sedatugur5281]

I am glad that Polish people gave an end to conservative populist government. We have been experiencing conservative populist regime in Turkey for more than 20 years. It brings more corruption, less liberty and as a result rising poverty. Besides a deeply divided nation.

[@elajoanna6028]

If that was reporting then the journalism is dead. I would expect more from grade eight student.

[@QueenetBowie]

Fat Thursday, so mardis Gras except…. Mardi Thursday?

[@CR-rm4iy]

yes, pancake Thursday in the UK... it's all based on the bible lents etc. and all throughout europe

[@gacekwilkooki]

This document is simply not honest. Polish society is mostly liberal and pro-European. Less than 40% of society has a right-wing and conservative worldview. This was clearly visible in the last elections. Please don't mislead people.

[@BuchaczJamajka]

Not an entirely honest comment as well. Things are not so simple.

[@isaacweru8084]

The government was voted out due to its poor economic policies which has made many polish to suffer in silence. The support of Ukraine and sanctioning of Russia dug deeper of polish economic woes.

[@peterpoznanski7541]

But yet it is the fastest growing economy in the EU...

[@nina-ciara]

It is very much German made documentary,.......so it says a lot.😉🙃 I can assure you that from the UK perspective the issues raised in this film look profoundly different.

[@lookay682]

Just an overview really. No reasons stated from either party

[@RollyBalondo]

so what happened to the TV news network that the new government took over?

[@imcbocian]

Let put it this way: 8 years ago it started to become propaganda like Russian television and 4 years ago they stopped even hiding with it

[@czarodziej406]

It still functions but since the propagandists had been sacked there's room for more voices/opinions that are different

[@Ananas-owoc]

I agree with what the other person commented on but I also think that the way it was shut down was exactly what the previous government would have done.

[@RobS64]

It's now again a boring public TV which is sympathetic toward the ruling coalition parties but also presenting the opposition arguments. The propagandists have moved to the private network chanel TV Republika where they continue their quest but now without the public money. In some areas of the country are the only channels available to watch are public television channels.

[@polishnorwegianandspanish9145]

@@Ananas-owoc I strongly disagree. Those who presented a very one-sided view in a PUBLIC not private tv channel that is financed from taxpayers money are not objective journalists. They place is not where journalism should be objective.

[@PMMagro]

Regime change is good and part of being a democracy. Sometimes the party you vote for is in power sometimes in opposition.

[@gtrdxz]

I just hope they keep tight immigration laws, the west is in a spiral due to a mass plight of gimme'grants

[@lukaszkrawiec]

Law and justice is not right wing or populist. Also civic platform is not liberal or democratic. And this is just for a beginning

[@tanecznica]

Right wing populism? your interpretation says enough about the documentary bias.

[@FuHackers-wx9lq]

Country first, right? 🇺🇸

[@wewtomi]

You don't need to convince me that I give german products with a wide berth.

[@antonbudau3089]

Well done Poland..... Maybe the change it wil come in Italy.

[@T.2.S.A.]

Italy is already just as corrupted or even more.😆

[@Slovian3097]

Believe me: i'm from Poland and actual ruling party is not as bright as they describe it. DW Documentary is german station, while new polish goverment is pro-german, that's why they are talking good on them. Now all TV stations in Poland are now under the power of the ruling party, which often spreads propaganda and does not talk about what it does, for example they have remained silent about the attempt to involve Poland in the war in Ukraine, blocking many Polish national investments, admission of about 500,000 immigrants to our country (most of people here are against it) and they are blaming polish farmers for protests and are calling them "pro-russian provocateurs" and did not speak any single word about the provocations of the police during the strikes in Warsaw about 2 weeks ago, the abuse of power by them and the brutal pacification of the strikers, during which national symbols (mainly flags) were desecrated by police officers. Even one of the members of the "Konfederacja", which is a party in opposition to the ruling party, was gassed. They are losing more and more popularity and they are lying that they are gaining more and more votes. Donald Tusk, our new Prime Minister, is a bigger liar than the previous prime minister. Because of him, we have increased fuel prices, he has already withdrawn 90% of his election promises and he has given all the money that we were supposed to receive for the development of the arms industry to Germany, so that out of 100 billion euros that were to be distributed among the EU countries, Poland received only 0.45% of it, while Germany received over 35%.

[@stomeka]

@@Slovian3097Sorry for Poland and for the Polish people. They would like to do the same in Hungary what they did in Poland. The opposition parties are talking nicely, but nothing behind their words. In Hungary lot's of foreign power would like to change our government just to rob the nation and the people. The Ambassador of US is working as political activist for the neoliberals as well...

[@BuchaczJamajka]

@@Slovian3097 Truth! Wish more people had their eyes open.

[@hewonvervault1223]

France has inscribed the right to abortion in its constitution to allow progress in human values to take its course without being hindered. The "laïcité" outside religious sphere allowed such clairvoyance. I'm proud about such progress in the nation I chose as my home.

[@peterpoznanski7541]

Great progress indeed! Lets put all contested issues into the constitution, to shut down democratic dialogue, it will make for great countries!

[@BuchaczJamajka]

"Allow progress in human values to take it's course..." by getting rid of unwanted human beings? What sorcery are you trying to pull of here?

[@joannaxstepien]

Agree! Religion shouldn't rule any country.. I wish my country Poland was ike that

[@jithutjohnny4013]

Would love to have English subtitles.

[@mgtowski395]

Didn't miss anything.

[@moniho6907]

You can't understand english?

[@John-.-Smith]

Click on the rectangle icon with CC inside. That would turn on caption, might sometimes be auto-generated caption.

[@azbestascetyczny8424]

You should have mention judicial reforms by PiS. How they owned all the prosecutors and appointed new supreme court.

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

not only this one there are a lot of things .For example democracy has failed . After that 8 yrs my brain and thinking about this nation has changed forever in a negative way .

[@mr.bleblon1210]

Rather, they should mention that experts in Poland, before the conservative party came to power, themselves said that post-communist courts in Poland were corrupt, then these corrupt courts, together with the German media, turned the problem of the judiciary in Poland, which has not been reformed since the times of communism, where judicial corporations judge themselves into one a great propaganda circus.

[@angusmatheson8906]

Yeah, that's a big problem. It's the Mitch McConnell move: Erode and stack the courts.

[@freeeagle7464]

@@piotrwojdelko1150 Many Western countries have deeper problems than Poland and mainly they talk about Poland to improve their own PR at Poland's expense

[@freeeagle7464]

@@piotrwojdelko1150 Society in Poland is ok but there is a problem with the post-communist elites who do not rise to the level of ambition of Poles and Poles are forced to choose between clowns or clowns. This old political class must be replaced by a new generation and this applies to all parties.

[@olafvonbraun7300]

The pendulum swings all the way to the right then all the way to or left and that’s a tide of history. Do you, eat cake. Nothing is forever.

[@jeffransom2977]

We would all be having kids as young people accept that due to all the global warming talk makes young people not feel any hope at all for the future.

[@agulec1996]

the new government is right wing too, just a *bit* less conservative

[@maureensurdez7841]

My God, I can't anyone get along in this earth?

[@osina13]

Tusk need to go

[@moniho6907]

Cant believe poland is in the eu with those types of policy

[@polishnorwegianandspanish9145]

What they put in this video is not true. I don’t know why they lied and can’t be objective but I lived in Poland for 30 years and know my country.

[@sebastianarevalo9113]

​@@polishnorwegianandspanish9145so? It's not divided at all?

[@katejudson8907]

The abortion ban, even for medical reasons, resulting in pregnant women dying is just sickening.

[@Har1ByWorld]

@@katejudson8907 than good its completly false and not happening n Poland when its legal when life of the women is threatened.

[@katejudson8907]

@@Har1ByWorld thanks for your reply. I've come to.learn that DW news is often spreading misinformation

[@th3guard]

What is this stupid framing? 😂 Poor quality af

[@soniafell3133]

This is just how England went next along the way open borders is coming

[@gretam3260]

Strarsza pani miała odwagę popierać nowy rząd, głośno sprzeciwić się parti aPIS będąc w otoczeniu pisowcow. Brawo pani, zycze żebyśmy mieli więcej takich pan i panów.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to comment. We kindly ask our viewers to comment on our channel in English so that we can answer questions and encourage dialogue. Thank you and all the best, The DW Documentary Team

[@michal8976]

A co w środowisku KO odwagą jest głośne wspieranie rządów PiS? Sam żyje w środowisku gdzie większość wspiera rządy PISu i nigdy nie było problemu z głośnym popieraniem KO

[@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948]

oh

[@judithsullivan9703]

I saw Poland and Divided... and thought right now?!!. ....an involuntary word...started with.. oh ...she... ended with ...yiit... Poland Stay United Stay Strong and please Stay Safe.

[@sbmk8680]

so everything comes to lgbtq++?🤣🤣

[@sobsag]

...what?

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Apparently thats one of the only thing you right wing folks think about that and imigrants

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 LGBTQ+ can get insane when you allow all of their ideology like in Canada but it's a minor issue. When you get your country overrun by people from foreign (often incompatible) cultures and get a tribalistic, divided, violent society like in Sweden, France, London and many other western countries/cities that's an irreversable damage.

[@peterpoznanski7541]

Yes if you ask Germans or Liberals as a whole, this is the most important issue so people can change their pronouns once a week.

[@BuchaczJamajka]

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 Apparently, half of this video talks about it.

[@tomeckb29]

"Right wing" - PiS it is actually and paradoxaly most social party ever took power in Poland. "Nationalists" - in Poland it's patriotism. And here it is not a negative term, like in our western friends. "Populists" - actually it is Tusk party who is a populist. He was completely wrong about Russia, and Germany. Otherwise PiS who predict everything. "Discrimination" - no there was ANY discrimination - it is simply fals, please give me just one legal example. "Woman died about new abortion law" - there was no "new abortion law", and no one died because of this. This document is a simple german propaganda. I can't believe someone made so manipulated material.

[@ivanwronsky]

Women died because of the TK ruling and there were protests about that.

[@tomeckb29]

​@@ivanwronsky No. You talking probably about case od woman from Pszczyna. She died because doctors actually didnt respect the ław. And main protest where long before this situation, and right after TK judge. Most od peoples mixed this stories because propaganda repeted it thousands of times.

[@BuchaczJamajka]

@@ivanwronsky That is false. Please do not spread misinfo and dangerous propaganda.

[@mr.bleblon1210]

Western left wing has often evolved into various extreme forms of hyper-individualism or the promotion of various utopian ideas and this is often no longer the real left wing , interested mainly in working people and lower social classes, What we see in the west today t is often the hyper-individualism of some sexual minorities who also often imagine some utopian world

[@user-fv9fm4fg5t]

To those conservatives, mind your own F..King business. How if someone tells you what you can or cannot do?

[@echotapout183]

Why as someone who’s from the USA far left values are the worse Poland should be Poland

[@bazejszymczak4543]

The same goes to the leftiests... Don't tell what ideology should I "believe"

[@user-fv9fm4fg5t]

@@bazejszymczak4543 you can believe whatever fking you want to believe but NEVER ever making others to believe and do whatever fking you do. You can’t control our lives and we don’t control your life.

[@BlackFlash97]

@@user-fv9fm4fg5t tbh both parties wanna control our live left and right, one are telling you what can or can not do with yours body the secound tells you that you must pay more money to decress pollution by 5%

[@l0wrid3r88]

It's called science@@bazejszymczak4543

[@MartinNew14]

Certainly! With the new Prime Minister in office, Poland has faced some challenges, causing discontent among farmers. Additionally, there's been a notable level of friction between him and Parliament, reminiscent of dramatic television series.

[@polishnorwegianandspanish9145]

This video is a criminal offence to journalism. I can’t believe how much lies about my country can be put in one video. Polish society is centre-liberal, welcoming, warm-hearted, pro-EU, pro-US and pro-freedom.

[@Ananas-owoc]

The vide is biased as much as you

[@polishnorwegianandspanish9145]

@@Ananas-owoc I am Polish and lived in Poland for more than 30 years. I certainly know a lot about my own country.

[@21world]

you have no country , ai controling everything :)

[@Har1ByWorld]

we are definetlny not pre-eu XDDD and thats good.

[@ivanwronsky]

Każdy sondaż pokazuje , że nasze społeczeństwo jest pro-EU@@Har1ByWorld więc nie gadaj głupot

[@liamkaloy]

This material is incomplete and manipulative... even for leftist DW standards this one is borderline silly. Who will belive this?

[@aksamhuda7]

What’s your point?

[@zawiszaczarny7876]

@@aksamhuda7 The point is Tusk is no different than Kaczyński, both totaly dominated judicary systems, media in the past, both created system of extortion with corrupted politicians draining the country.

[@raczyk]

​@@aksamhuda7media is corrupt, unelected, and guides social perception.

[@BuchaczJamajka]

@@aksamhuda7 The displayed bias towards pro-german party, warping perception of nationalists and right wing as a whole, misinformation in general and bringing it all down to discrimination against LGBTQ+CBNROPZASJ@!_/...

[@blase777]

probably the most ridiculous piece of "journalism" I've seen in years

[@sunnysmile4642]

Your like button has been taken down again! Please replace

[@zincminus3793]

That’s the end

[@anthonymanderson7671]

A lot of PiS supporters in the comment section are crying and are in denial of the truth!

[@olopolo4628]

Pis only hope for Poland

[@MarlosThiam]

Great doc

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for your comment!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful documentary coverage about political circumstances in Poland 🇵🇱 and competition between two opposite political poles inside the polish population...thank you🙏 ( DW) documentary channel for sharing

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks a lot for watching and for your positive feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to comment and are glad you like our content!

[@mjw12345]

Congratulations from Ireland - this nightmare is ended. Of course, another nightmare on your Eastern border - Westerplatte 2.0!

[@DavidNelsonATX]

Perhaps those concerned with pedophelia and homosexuality should redirect their anger towards the Catholic Church.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

I agree with you.

[@Tjoybautista]

No bodies perfect ok😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@klaudiagrob]

I was waiting for this documentary done by DW. Excellent work on analysing attitudes towards new government.

[@AmbassadorXII]

Gg

[@sloglas]

WEF clowns are solution?

[@fuckamericanidiot]

The left when someone brings up the WEF: **Crickets** Bunch of cowards.

[@T.2.S.A.]

Clinic clowns. WHOop whoOP!🤡

[@eliotanderson6554]

Cant believe there are liberal people

[@SnowWhiteArches]

why? this division is pretty much similiar to the USA's one. Once you have conservatives, then liberals, then conservatives again and so on.

[@PaytonNeufeld]

Modern conservativism wouldn't exist without liberalism and would be a country like russia or iran

[@kjkj4725]

Man it’s about 50%… Poland seems conservative because demographic collapse gives power to old people.

[@raczyk]

​@@PaytonNeufeldor us, their slaves and don't even know it.

[@Tjoybautista]

Don't judge ok😇😇😇😇😇🤣

[@collision-xx9fr]

yep so i c an this eatr

[@olopolo4628]

Bs documents

[@Titbitist]

poland is preparing for the future. we in the west could all learn from them.

[@orccomputers2145]

lmao here comes the new forever war

[@PaoloMarinelli-sl2xu]

Conservatives or far right, when lose the power became violent. You can see this in Usa, Brazil for example.

[@pscholachagudda__]

Poland is also falling 😢😢

[@maksymilianczoo5010]

Für Deutschland

[@alexandreturgeon9831]

How can people still be so homophobic… what the point of causing harm to people that doesn’t cause harm to any1 …

[@Blanka1100]

Western and Eastern Poland are two different planets and it has always been like that.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

Most people don't hate gays but want to maintain family values and marriage as a union between a man and woman as written in our constitution.

[@saulgoodman9163]

We have a name for reports like this one, Propaganda.

[@CGtheAroAceQueen]

LGBTQIA+ people live LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. They don't hurt anyone by being not straight/cis. The violence and lack of understanding for queer people is outrageous, and the lies are also ridiculous. Here's hoping Poland keeps going on a progressive path. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@T.2.S.A.]

Fascism wasn't clear enough in Poland in the past?

[@labahlabah825]

Europe is just 20%of world population. 80%of the world have NO GAYS AT ALL.

[@migo-migo9503]

This is all good, but if it sways too far left they will experience the same problems the US and Canada are all dealing with now. This is how it all started for us a decade ago. Now we have too much drug addiction to the point that some major cities are having a hard time to function. The cities are easy on criminals so theft and violence have been increasing. Truth are no longer being taught in schools, peoples feelings and opinions are being taught as facts. As someone who's voted liberal and progressive for decades, I regret how far things have swung left in the US. I hope it doesn't get bad in Poland. Do your best to maintain balance and be as close to the middle as best as possible. Any far swing to the left or the right long term negative effects to society. It will be hard to fix these.

[@stinkygoose666]

There is no chance Poland swings far left in many years to come. The populist government has JUST been voted out, catholic church still has enormous influence over politics, education, culture, and even economy. There is also a rise of nationalist far right for younger people, the Confederate party (seriously). The true far left is still low in polls. So... right now any law change for democracy & human rights is a great accomplishment that comes as a surprise for most.

[@imcbocian]

Dude😂 American Democratic is pretty right center and conservative even in comparison to the former "conservative" polish government😅 Problem in US have nothing to do with right or left side of political scene. They are deeper and structural. Ten years ago you just started seeing symptoms

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@stinkygoose666 Any law change for human rights and democracy? I know just from that statement that whatever the law is, as long as they paint as being pro-human rights or for democracy, you will buy it. Hook. Line. Sinker.

[@migo-migo9503]

@@imcbocian I dunno Dude, last I check the president was a Democrat that wants to hand out free money to everyone, even illegal immigrants. Also, all the major cities in the US are all run by progressives and super DEI to the point where things are deteriorating.

[@igorcicimov6234]

Have a bad feeling about this as per usual with lefties brace for higher taxes, identity policy, illegal immigration, utopian net zero and in general increase in cost of living. Now that Europe (a.k.a. kingdom of Germany) gets to put their hands on you firmly things will change quickly. Hope I'm wrong. Ah, and get used to the word bigot, you'll be hearing it all the time you try to express your opinion that is not aligned with their ideology.

[@Nitishkumar31]

Now Poland will be New France Football team. Happy immigrants

[@akpl4210]

If you wanna know the right thing to do, Watch DW and do the opposite!

[@evangelesong6319]

DW=propaganda

[@damirgabitov257]

Oh, it's not anything bad to limit the activity of LGBT organisation)), because LGBT organisation is a very big mistake that happens in the world

[@supipimunasinghe3175]

Exactly.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Never had a reason to go to poland but now I dont more

[@polishnorwegianandspanish9145]

It’s a pity that you are so biased against such a lovely country after watching one laughing stock of a documentary

[@the.illusion_]

You're just depriving yourself of a great trip

[@Matt-rw9py]

It’s fine mate, nobody is waiting for you nor cares about you.

[@jitterball]

Alphabet crowd propaganda.

[@grzegorz2191]

This is not a new government, but a party that has already ruled Poland for 8 years. Unfortunately, Poles have already forgotten that Mr. Tusk raised many fees and taxes and that his party was involved in numerous scandals. Unfortunately, after 1989, when Poland was not under Russian tutelage, we did not have a Polish government, only a Polish-speaking one. We knelt before the Americans and now we will do it before the Germans

[@T.2.S.A.]

I remember Solidarność and Lech Wałęsa 😊

[@imcbocian]

Blah blah blah, every reason to moaning is good for some peoples, even if imagined. Kneel before Americans? You're talking about a nation that basically blackmailed the US into joining NATO 😊

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@imcbocian If you watched Polish politics, you would know that American ambassador had more authority than Polish president and could influence the govt with one phone call. Still Americans only wanted us to follow their global politics, world order and not harm their strategic interests. Germans seek total economic and political controll over Poland. To keep it as a poor buffer state, subcontractor and source of cheap labour. So I prefer kneeling to Americans.

[@nattynatty6015]

Oh please ! What a biased reporting.

[@angusmatheson8906]

Ooh we got a live one here. Jilted PiS drinker I'm guessing?

[@nattynatty6015]

@@angusmatheson8906 no. Why?

[@daviddriftington4415]

Some would say: Now it’s time, open the gates and let the immigrants flow

[@T.2.S.A.]

Yes, because We are immigrants also.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@T.2.S.A. Hi bot

[@kjkj4725]

Look it’s been few months and so far it didn’t happen… So far they are just trying to find which PIS party members were responsible for visa scandal 😂 You can stop with this BS already. Current gov doesn’t support illegal immigration.

[@PJPsounds]

And they sent 17.000 armed troops to protect border against 3000 Syrians whilst opened another gate to let 10 MILLION Ukrainians IN.

[@ziborgbe]

Now DW has its " democratic" gouvernement in Poland.

[@Tiok2023]

they have really horrible looking sweets and cakes there..

[@ConradSzymczak]

Kommiez

[@stuzo666]

Lbgqtst, wait until Islam arrives they will love you 😮

[@vascocampelo2054]

bro didn't you see them kissing. Didn't you see happiness there? Did they hurt u or anyone ' - '

[@stanisawkwasniewski2087]

they won't arrive

[@stuzo666]

@@stanisawkwasniewski2087 ohhhn yes they will, tall buildings will be put to use ?

[@stanisawkwasniewski2087]

@@stuzo666 bro you good?

[@MT-ow2xl]

​@@vascocampelo2054One of their nephews, most likely

[@Meida1924]

shutdown democrazy

[@andrewgnys6285]

I hope the new party don't turn Poland into Polandstan.

[@Aska-gx8gx]

it is arleady

[@kjkj4725]

Nah. Current gov is pro EU. They had some liberal policies ideas but they are still blocked by PIS president. We have to wait out till the next presidential elections before there will be any chance for changes.

[@harczymarczy]

Lawlessness and Injustice Party...

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

You mean pis?

[@harczymarczy]

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 yes :). A gynophobic relict, consisting mainly of hyperconservative old dads.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139]

@@harczymarczyStill better than TuSSk and his new neo-marxist friends.

[@levystein666]

Bandera children 😂

[@ivanwronsky]

Stalin follower

[@OperationFoxley19441]

Don't worry Putin is coming, just sit tight.😂😂😂

[@suilugferenthon6683]

Yeah we all gonna be taken in red army in front line's

[@iskanderstrel]

Jako dumny obywatel Polski czuję, że Ukraina powinna zwrócić Lwów Polsce za wszystko, co dla niej zrobiliśmy

[@michal8976]

To dobry "dumny obywatel Polski" co komentuje po polsku filmik o zmianie rządu w Polsce ma nazwę rosyjska oraz filmiki po rosyjsku i pisze o Lwowie xD

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@ivanwronsky]

to oddajmy Danzig Niemcom za ich wsparcie dla nas XDDDDDDDDDD

[@PJPsounds]

A Polska oddac Ziemie Zachodnie Niemcom... Od Mazur, Pomeranii, do Opola i Sudetten

[@GnosticElohim]

No more Poland.

[@voyd1507]

I have heard many lies and half-baked truths. From DW commentary as well. Which is nothing new.