Hundreds of thousands of people gathered this Sunday at the start of a large anti-government march in the center of Warsaw, responding to the opposition’s call, 15 days before the legislative elections, according to the organization cited by France-Presse (AFP). .
“When I see these hundreds of thousands of smiling faces, I feel very good that a decisive moment in the history of our homeland has arrived,” said Donald Tusk, former prime minister and former president of the European Council, at the beginning of the march. head of the centrist Civic Platform (PO) bloc.
The demonstration aims to mobilize people from all over the country, governed for eight years by Eurosceptic nationalists.
The “Million Hearts March”, as Donald Tusk called it, began today at 12:00 local time (11:00 in Lisbon), filling the main streets of the capital with compact crowds.
“They will not intimidate us, they will not reduce us to silence. It is essential that all of Poland see that no one is afraid of them,” said Donald Tusk on Thursday at a meeting in Elblag (north), pointing to the ruling. Law and Justice Party (PiS).
Today, PiS leaders are organizing their own march in the city of Katowice, in the south of the country.
In Warsaw, protesters display Polish and European flags and a white and red heart, a symbol of the centrist coalition.
The speeches of the opposition leaders are scheduled at the end of the march, around 3:00 p.m. local time, 2:00 p.m. in Lisbon.
Former Polish president and 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Lech Walesa, announced his participation.
Source: TSF
