The border fence cuts through the Bialowieza forest on the Polish-Belarusian border on May 28.
Photographer: Damian Lemanski/BloombergElections
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In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk is casting himself as the defender of his country to outflank the populists and far right.
When a guard patrolling Poland’s eastern border was attacked by a migrant trying to illegally cross from Belarus last month, Prime Minister Donald Tusk rushed to the scene.
Standing in front of camouflaged army vehicles next to servicemen in fatigues in the village of Dubicze Cerkiewne, Tusk promised to use all means necessary to seal the frontier and ward off what he described as a concerted attempt to destabilize Poland. There would be an exclusion zone along the border and equipment to stop tanks and drones.