(…) As international political expert Witold Jurasz from the site Onet pointed out, “In terms of values, the PiS is as anti-Western as it is anti-Russian. The fact that the United States distances itself from Western values doesn’t bother them, as long as they can keep American power on their side.” According to Jurasz, the PiS’s attitude is explained above all by its dogmatism: “They think that a Republican president in the White House cannot harm us and a Democratic president cannot do us any good. That’s the logic.”
In the eyes of public opinion, this attitude does not wash. The “Trump effect,” which was supposed to bolster the PiS candidate, did not occur, and the party is still significantly trailing in the polls behind its liberal rival Rafal Trzaskowski. An editorial in the daily Gazeta Prawna aptly summed up this sentiment: “The far right is closing its eyes, continuing to sleep and afraid of waking up to this new reality. The cult of an American leader who might bring the Russians closer to the Polish border can hardly be defended.”
I think this is happening more broadly in the west, here in The Netherlands the biggest party is far-right and they are really careful when it comes to things with Russia and Trump because they now their voters are slowly changing their opinion. Their former heroes are more and more considered a bad example.
I believe the politics of the far right aren’t about values or long term goals, but about gaining and keeping power. Because here too “The fact that the United States distances itself from Western values doesn’t bother them, …”
