The Łódź Convention was the first such strong commitment of the incumbent president on the side of Karol Nawrocki, Law and Justice candidate. Andrzej Duda not only called the gathered to vote and financial support of the campaign, but also reminded joint achievements with PiS rule – from the 500 plus program to infrastructure expansion.
The external messages from the stage sounded like a public transmission of the baton: Duda emphasized that the ending campaign “is also his farewell to the office after 10 years”.
Tusk captured the moral thread of the presidential speech and redirected him against his own camp. When Duda warned against cynicism and bastard, the Prime Minister suggested that it was these phenomena that accompanied eight years of PiS ruleand that the change started on October 15, 2023 requires completing in the presidential election.
At the same time, he reminded Ko supporters that the moral mandate to “cling” the transformation lies in urns, not in declarations.
Closer to the election
The campaign enters the decisive phase: the first round of elections will take place on May 18, the second – if needed – two weeks later, June 1. These dates set Tusk and Duda just over three weeks to convince the electoratesthat their definition of “cynicism and bastard” is true.
The economy remains in the background. The president's camp resembles social transfers and infrastructure investments as evidence of the state's sensitivity to the needs of “ordinary people”. In turn, the Tusk government emphasizes the growing costs of public debt service and the need to unlock KPO – He argues that without the presidential veto it will be possible to accelerate energy transformation and stabilize public finances through more selective social expenditure.
