Demonstrations in Poland

On October 7, two large demonstrations took place in Warsaw: one in favour and one against the current government. The demonstration against the government was organised by the Civic Platform, the main opposition party. Its main speaker was Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk. Editor in chief Pawel Lisicki comments: "Although there were more people at the Civic Platform demonstration, the party must be disappointed. They wanted the demonstration to be a repeat of the Budapest protests. It was supposed to make it clear that most of Polish society opposes the government, and that tens of thousands are willing to defend allegedly endangered democratic values. It's not clear whether it was ten or sixteen thousand that took part in the demonstration, but even if it was sixteen thousand, that's still not much for a demonstration against a repressive government."

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