Poland’s Kaczynski Blames Low Birth Rate on Women Drinking

  • Law & Justice leader has history of inflammatory remarks
  • Ruling party support is slipping amid cost-of-living crisis
Customers at a cafe terrace in Warsaw. Poland.Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg
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A powerful Polish politician sparked fresh controversy by drawing a link between what he said was excessive drinking among young women and the country’s low birth rate.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling Law & Justice party, made the comment at a meeting with voters late on Saturday in Elk, northeastern Poland.