Protest march in Warsaw
Warning of “bloodshed”
Updated 11/12/2026 – 12:02 amReading time: 2 minutes
At least 250,000 people demonstrate against the Polish government. Opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński accuses Prime Minister Tusk of “ruthlessness”.
The right-wing conservative opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński has warned the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk against an escalation of the political dispute Poland warned. The government camp is “capable of anything,” claimed the head of the long-ruling and now opposition Law and Justice party (PiS) when asked by the TV news channel TVN24.
On Tuesday, at an event on the eve of Poland’s Independence Day (November 11), Kaczyński expressed hope that his party would win the 2027 parliamentary election and return to power. However, he does not rule out “bloodshed” if the Tusk government does not accept its defeat.
When asked on Wednesday by a TVN24 reporter what he meant by that, Kaczyński specified: Those currently in power have no scruples or inhibitions because they serve “foreign interests.” “The other side is really capable of anything,” said the 77-year-old. This government is “so ruthless and brutal” that it may even be ready to “shed Polish blood,” he claimed.
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Prime Minister Tusk criticized Kaczyński’s statements in his Independence Day speech in Szczecin as “unnecessary statements.” Addressing his listeners, he called for violence to be outlawed: “We are responsible for ensuring that Polish blood is never shed for Polish reasons.”
On Wednesday, demonstrators marched in a protest organized by nationalists and right-wing extremists Warsawthe occasion was Independence Day. President Karol Nawrocki ran at the front with a white and red flag. The march was also a demonstration against the Tusk government. Nawrocki called for a “strong and capable state” and criticized “elites” who acted against the will of the people. At least 150,000 people are said to have taken part, reports n-tv, and the organizers are even talking about 700,000 participants.
