In Poland, a weak democratic culture collides with unfamiliarity with the historical values of the European Union. Rebuilding the rule of law means explaining to citizens that the constitution is there to protect them. The alternative may be Polexit.
Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz
Director of the Department of European and Comparative Law, University of Gdańsk; Member of the Council of the Jean Monnet Foundation, Lausanne; 2021–2022 Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Florence, Principal Investigator, Reconciling Europe with its citizens through democracy and rule of law (RECONNECT).