(12 Apr 2025)
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Warsaw, Poland – 12 April 2025
1. Various of participants in the demonstration, dancing the Polonaise, some in traditional costumes
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Poles from across the country traveled to the nation’s capital for a patriotic demonstration Saturday, celebrating 1,000 years since the coronation of the first Polish king.
They danced the Polonaise in historic costumes, sang the national anthem, invoked their Catholic beliefs and chanted slogans in support of a conservative candidate running in next month’s presidential election.
The march of thousands of people was supported by the Law and Justice party, which governed Poland for eight years, but was forced to hand over power to a centrist, pro-European prime minister, Donald Tusk, in December 2023.
Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński called on "all patriots” to join the march, which culminated in a gathering in front of the Royal Castle where the party’s candidate, 42-year-old historian Karol Nawrocki, spoke to a supportive crowd.
The parade came as the party seeks to generate momentum around a candidate who has been struggling in the polls against the frontrunner, the liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, and as the candidate of a far-right party, Confederation, has been growing in popularity, and threatening Law and Justice’s hold over the nation’s sizeable conservative electorate.
An election on May 18, with a likely runoff June 1, will determine whether Law and Justice keeps an ally in the presidential palace.
The incumbent, Andrzej Duda, is an ally, but his second and final term ends this summer.
He has used his veto power to block some elements of Tusk’s agenda.
Saturday’s event was a celebration of the coronation of Poland’s first king, Bolesław the Brave, on April 18, 1025, a historic moment that affirmed Poland’s national independence.
It also celebrated another anniversary in Polish history: 500 years since the Duchy of Prussia became a fiefdom of the Polish Crown in 1525.
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