Leading Polish Women Debate With Election Majority at Stake
- Law & Justice set to win parliamentary ballot on Sunday
- Prime minister warns opposition spending plans may bust budget
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Poland’s Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz faced off against Beata Szydlo, the main opposition party’s candidate for the post, in a televised debate on Monday that could determine the probable scale of Law & Justice’s victory in Sunday’s general election.
While Kopacz accused Law & Justice of threatening to destabilize public finances with its 50 billion zloty ($13.3 billion) per year spending promises, Szydlo responded that her policies would help the entire society, not only benefit the “select few.” The opposition candidate said she had a clear plan of legislative proposals for her first 100 days in office and appealed to voters to give her future government a “stable majority.”