Poland: a demonstration against the government brings together half a million people in Warsaw

In Poland, a demonstration organized by the opposition in Warsaw against the government was held on Sunday 4 June. “According to the opposition, this is the biggest demonstration since the fall of communism. Half a million people mobilized against high prices, also against an ‘authoritarian Poland’. It is the nationalist party, in power in Warsaw for eight years, which is targeted”explains journalist Laurent Desbonnets, from France Télévisions Berlin (Germany), on Monday.

A demonstration in the presence of Lech Walesa

“It is a figure of social movements in Poland, Lech Walesa, who also participated in these parades. Absent from public life for a long time, the former leader of Solidarnosc is also asking for the departure of the current majority. criticisms which were immediately brushed aside by the current government”continues Laurent Desbonnets, before recalling that the legislative elections are scheduled in Poland next fall.