The official results of the European Parliament elections will be announced at the earliest this evening, and at the latest tomorrow morning. The National Electoral Commission (PKW) has scheduled four press conferences for post-election Monday at: 10:00 AM, 1:30 PM, 6:30 PM, and 10:00 PM.

At 11:00 AM, President Andrzej Duda will participate in a meeting at the Belvedere Palace on the occasion of Local Government Day.

Here are the partial results from the National Electoral Commission (PKW) based on 86% of polling stations:

PiS - 47.00%

KE - 37.05%

Wiosna - 5.92%

Konfederacja - 4.52%

Kukiz'15 - 3.73%

Lewica Razem - 1.23%

Here are the partial data from the National Electoral Commission (PKW) based on 90% of electoral commissions:

PiS - 46.50%

KE - 37.50%

Wiosna - 5.96%

Konfederacja - 4.53%

Kukiz'15 - 3.71%

Lewica Razem - 1.23%

Here are the partial results from the National Election Committee (PKW) based on 95.9% of polling stations:

PiS - 46.01%

KE - 37.87%

Wiosna - 6.02%

Konfederacja - 4.55%

Kukiz'15 - 3.71%

Lewica Razem - 1.23%

- What jokes, what humor? I glanced at 'Gazeta Wyborcza' and learned that we won by a mere hair. So there are no reasons for special joy here, since editor Kurski's newspaper announces our victory by such a thin margin - stated Joachim Brudziński on RMF FM.

- Jarosław Kaczyński. He adopted this tactic. And I'm not mocking or joking at all. Because it's worth noting at the beginning the architects of this success, as soon as possible, there will be many who will try to undermine it. However, it must be said very clearly. The face and strategist of this campaign was Jarosław Kaczyński - stated Joachim Brudziński on RMF FM, when asked what determined PiS's victory.

- He [Jarosław Kaczyński] placed Tomek Poręba, the campaign manager, and Krzysztof Sobolewski, responsible for structures, our plenipotentiary, at the forefront and they led this campaign against many voices, against many opinions that Jarosław Kaczyński should have been hidden away, sitting at Nowogrodzka [PiS headquarters], and it turned out that for the fifth time we achieved victory - stated Joachim Brudziński on RMF FM.

In big cities, we still have a lot of work to do before the autumn elections, and we will be doing that work. Humility and hard work – stated Joachim Brudziński on RMF FM.

"[The reshuffle] will probably happen soon. Much indicates this, although the results are not yet final, but it can be said that some ministers, at least 3, and one deputy prime minister, have become MEPs. Therefore, the change will be a necessary one. The Prime Minister will make the appropriate decision when he deems it the right moment. This will probably have to happen quite quickly, due to the regulations on not combining mandates," said Minister Jacek Sasin on Radio Jedynka.

"This is a historic victory for Law and Justice. Firstly, PiS has never won European Parliament elections before. Even in the previous elections, which heralded our great success in the parliamentary elections, we narrowly lost to Civic Platform by 0.5%. Today is indeed a success, and a success of great magnitude. No party has ever received such high support in EP elections. There has never been such a high turnout. Civic Platform in 2010, at the peak of its success, had slightly over 44%. PiS has more at the moment," said Minister Jacek Sasin in an interview with Radio Jedynka.

"We treat this result also as proof of the correctness of the policy that PiS has been pursuing for 3.5 years, the decisions we have made in the interest of citizens. First and foremost, I have in mind the large social programs that are building a certain European standard of social policy in Poland. Only in the last 3 years has Poland as a whole entered Europe, not just the chosen few, not just those who felt the effects of economic growth" – said Minister Jacek Sasin on Jedynka radio.

- It is obvious that the Prime Minister was involved in this campaign and worked very hard. Although he interrupted the last three days of the campaign and went there, to those voivodeships where there was a flood threat, and worked there on the ground, there was never this kind of discussion that you are talking about [regarding the Prime Minister's position] - stated Michał Dworczyk in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- Decisions [regarding the reshuffle] will be made in the coming hours and days. Decisions will be made between President Kaczyński and Prime Minister Morawiecki. The reshuffle is also linked to the appointment of ministers and deputy ministers. Such matters are consulted at the political level - stated Michał Dworczyk in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego". He emphasized that the reshuffle should occur within 14 days, as mandated by law.

- We realize that in this election, PSL and SLD had better spots or opportunities. Nowoczesna did not have candidates in any of the top three. We don't know the final election results yet. I didn't really have a chance to get anyone from Nowoczesna in. We tried, and we said this, for our contribution to be a contribution to the entire European Coalition - said Katarzyna Lubnauer in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News' "Graffiti".

- What I think we underestimated is the influence of public television, of public media in general. We currently have media, radio, television, which are only playing for one side - said Katarzyna Lubnauer in an interview with Piotr Witwicki on Polsat News's "Graffiti".

"If these results are confirmed, it will be good news for Poland. We don't need a party in Poland today that represents Russian interests and discredits us on the international political stage. The excesses committed by Confederation candidates – I'll remind you of the famous scene with a yarmulke held by one of Confederation's leaders over the head of a PiS MP – it was clearly visible that this is a project calculated to discredit Poland, to hinder the realization of our strategic interests, such as an alliance with the United States and strengthening Poland's security" - said Minister Jacek Sasin on Polskie Radio Jedynka.

Here are the partial data from the National Electoral Commission (PKW) based on 99.25% of polling stations:

PiS - 45.57%

KE - 38.29%

Wiosna - 6.04%

Konfederacja - 4.55%

Kukiz'15 - 3.70%

Lewica Razem - 1.24%

- Yes, indeed, a great success for the European Coalition. They've got the medal, they've overtaken Spring - said Ryszard Czarnecki in a conversation with Beata Michniewicz on Radio Trójka's "Political Salon".

As Grzegorz Schetyna said, we've reached the first half. You could say the opponent is leading. But the second half is ahead of us, and we're playing until the end – said Andrzej Halicki in a conversation with Beata Michniewicz on Polish Radio Trójka's "Political Salon".

- Last night I had [a mandate], and I still do, but the official results will only be announced by the National Electoral Commission (PKW) in the evening. I won't comment on the completely failed IPSOS poll. Konfederacja was supposed to get in and it didn't. Not a little, but it failed seriously - said Ryszard Czarnecki in a conversation with Beata Michniewicz on Polish Radio's Trójka program "Salon polityczny" (Political Salon).

- It's better to win than lose. That's obvious. The question is the scale of [the defeat]. Whether it's 7 points or 5 or by a whisker. That's something that will allow us to draw conclusions, to build a picture for the coming months, for the October elections – stated Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- We built a coalition that united the opposition, and that was the first step. It wasn't enough - agreed, but the question is what next. There's no alternative to what we achieved: uniting the opposition. We need to expand this formula, find a common program, reach those places where we lost, and that is the challenge for us today - stated Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- We need to build a variant that utilizes the d'Hondt system, meaning the winning group takes everything, gets bonuses, and on the other hand, build a very broad coalition for the Senate. I believe that the Senate, in this situation, will be absolutely crucial. A very broad, comprehensive, anti-PiS coalition is possible there, and I think this will be key to having influence on the legislative process and on electoral victory - stated Grzegorz Schetyna in an interview with Konrad Piasecki on TVN24's "Rozmowa Piaseckiego".

- The quality of PiS governance itself is better than what Platforma presented. Of course, we, as politicians associated with Konfederacja, are critical of PiS for many reasons. We believe many things should look different or simply better, but I think there is a qualitative difference compared to Platforma, and people see it. This is why there's an accumulation of quite high support - said Krzysztof Bosak in an interview with Jacek Prusinowski on Radio Plus's "Sedno Sprawy" (The Heart of the Matter).

- I am personally satisfied. I believe we got a great deal out of this campaign. It was very intense. Many things matter in politics. Long-term work matters. If only crossing the threshold mattered, I would have probably been sitting in PiS for 12 years, and that's not the case, because we want to implement our ideas. We have our own circles that we are developing. What I wanted to emphasize is that we felt a lot of kindness from people - said Krzysztof Bosak in a conversation with Jacek Prusinowski in Radio Plus's "Sedno sprawy".

After counting results from 99% of the polling stations presented by the National Electoral Commission (PKW), strong indications suggest that Elżbieta Rafalska will obtain a seat as a Member of the European Parliament, alongside Joachim Brudziński. Our sources close to the Law and Justice (PiS) campaign headquarters confirm this information. The ministerial seat will also be taken by government spokeswoman Joanna Kopcińska.

- It is perhaps characteristic and worth deeper analysis, mainly by the European Coalition, that PiS primarily won in those electoral circles that do not pay taxes. In turn, the European Coalition, from what I've noticed, won in the age group from their early thirties to fifty. This is no coincidence, because they won in circles of those who do pay taxes. They work hard, they pay, and the PiS government is distributing this money left and right. They distributed some effectively, but with an eye on electoral needs - stated Bronisław Komorowski in Onet.

„We expected this flattening to be visible. It didn't happen. This is several points of loss, and it's significant. We need to consider for the autumn how to plan our actions so this widening doesn't happen in the autumn” - said Sławomir Neumann, head of the Civic Platform – Koalicja Obywatelska (PO-KO) parliamentary club, in an interview with Karolina Lewicka on TOK FM Radio's 'Poranek' program.

„The time to assess the campaign will come. We don't have much of it, as this is a short break. In this match, we are losing the first half. It's halftime now. In the locker room, we need to calmly analyze and share the most important information. We only have a few weeks to conduct a good analysis and prepare for the autumn elections, as this campaign will essentially kick off any day now”, said Sławomir Neumann, the head of the PO-KO club, in an interview with Karolina Lewicka on Radio TOK FM's Poranek.

“These election results – 45:38 – show one thing. Only such a coalition list can win against PiS. It has a chance. Any other attempts are a waste of votes. These elections have shown that. On both sides. If anyone today wonders what formula to find for a potential win in the autumn, it is only a joint opposition list. I'm speaking to Wiosna. It is probably evident that this 6% of votes, if it were a Sejm election, would grant PiS a solo government. This must be understood” – said Sławomir Neumann, the head of the Civic Platform- a Coalition parliamentary club, in an interview with Karolina Lewicka on TOK FM Radio's Morning Show.

"Not a surprise, but a very pleasant surprise, I am happy about this, I very warmly thank everyone who participated. It was a day of democracy. It was a celebration of democracy. No one expected such turnout. This is truly a great day for Polish democracy, and it also refutes all those who say that there is no democracy in Poland. We showed them, we showed Europe, we showed everyone that Poland is democratic, that Poland is united, and that Poland is wonderful" - said the Marshal of the Senate, Stanisław Karczewski, in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

"I think that the lack of a program, the lack of cohesion [failed the EC]. Because what connects the PSL with feminists, what connects the PSL with very left-wing views. The PSL paid a very high price here – 70% support for PiS. We will want to maintain this, because the countryside is very important, very significant. It is not just the big cities that decide. What happens in Poland, how Poland develops is decided by all Poles, because Poland is one" – said Senate Marshal Stanisław Karczewski in an interview with Beata Lubecka on Radio Zet.

"As you can see, there are two blocs, whether anyone likes it or not. Any delusions about there being any kind of third way are absolute fantasies, from both sides. Lessons must be drawn from this. Voters must also draw conclusions," said Sławomir Neumann, head of the Civic Platform – Civic Coalition (PO-KO) parliamentary club, in an interview with Karolina Lewicka on Radio TOK FM's Morning Show.

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"I thank you for my appeal to participate in the European Parliament elections being heard. This turnout, so incredibly high for EP elections in our country, is phenomenal news. I am very grateful for this, because it gives all our MEPs, whom I congratulate, who were elected yesterday, a very strong legitimacy in the European arena. They can proudly enter the European Parliament buildings in Brussels or Strasbourg. Poles participated in these elections en masse. This is one of the best results in Europe in terms of turnout. I am very happy about this. It shows the maturity of our society, that our democracy is indeed consolidating, people understand the value and weight of their vote. I am very grateful for this great responsibility" - said President Andrzej Duda in an interview with journalists.

PiS Member of the European Parliament Tomasz Poręba garnered slightly over 276,000 votes, representing nearly 37% of all votes in his electoral district.

Coming in second was Beata Szydło with 30.20% (over 524,000 votes), and in third place was Beata Mazurek with 27.68% (204,468 votes). The compilation, obtained from a representative of the PiS campaign team, includes only those who won in their respective electoral districts.

As our sources emphasize, this is the percentage result of votes obtained within the entire district, meaning the ratio of eligible voters to the number of votes cast for a candidate. In absolute numbers, Beata Szydło wins because her district was several times larger than, for example, Podkarpacie.

- I will be consulting various matters with the leadership of my grouping in the European Parliament. I will join the Socialists and Democrats group with my colleagues from SLD. This will be our political family with whom we will align various positions - stated Leszek Miller on RMF FM.

On Saturday, May 25, 2019, Tomasz Poręba, a Member of the European Parliament, shared a tweet from the account of the Solidarność trade union. The tweet stated: "On May 26, the fate of Poland and the European Union will be decided. We call on all Poles to vote for the United Right. The future of our homeland depends on it." The tweet also included the hashtag #Europadecyzjew2019.

Below this, Poręba added his own comment: "This is not just a call to vote. This is a declaration of the values that define us. This is the voice of the future. A future that we are building together, hand in hand, with the United Right, with our President Andrzej Duda, with our Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and with our Party Leader Jarosław Kaczyński, who has always been the motor of this campaign."

Earlier that day, Joachim Brudziński, a Member of the Sejm and Minister of the Interior and Administration, also commented on the upcoming European Parliament elections. In an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP), he stated: "The author of this success, this great success that we are already experiencing, is unequivocally Jarosław Kaczyński."

Brudziński elaborated, "He is the architect of this political project, the one who formulated the vision of Poland's development, and the one who knows how to best combine our national interests with the broader context of European cooperation. The fact that we have achieved such a high level of support is a testament to his leadership and his strategic thinking."

The statements from both Poręba and Brudziński highlight the central role attributed to Jarosław Kaczyński within the United Right party, particularly in the lead-up to the European Parliament elections. Poręba emphasizes Kaczyński's role as a "driving force" and his vision for the future, while Brudziński unequivocally labels him the "author of this success" and the "architect" of the political project.

The State Electoral Commission has presented the full and official results of Sunday's European Parliament elections:

Law and Justice - 45.38%

European Coalition - 38.47%

Spring - 6.06%

Confederation - 4.55%

Kukiz’15 - 3.69%

Left Together - 1.24%

Three committees were eligible to share the mandates. Law and Justice received 27 seats, the European Coalition 22, and Spring 3. A full list of the new MEPs is available on the State Electoral Commission website.

The so-called fifty-second MEP, who will not take up their seat until Brexit, is Dominik Tarczyński from Law and Justice.

- We won the elections. We won them quite decisively. But this absolutely does not mean that we consider the issue of power in Poland to be settled. I said this yesterday, and I repeat it now - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at the PiS headquarters on Nowogrodzka Street.

- First and foremost, I wanted to express my gratitude. Gratitude to the voters for their support, but also to all those who participated in these elections, because the progress here is indeed enormous. This turnout is an entirely new quality, and it is certainly proof of the strengthening of Polish democracy. This makes us very happy - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at the PiS headquarters on Nowogrodzka Street.

- I also want to thank all those who directly contributed to our victory. I am unable to name everyone, as it was a large group. It was the staff led by MEP Tomasz Poręba, who is here beside me, but I also want to say a few words about the people who were heavily involved in the campaign and whose numerous appearances undoubtedly had a significant impact on its course and final success. First and foremost, I must mention Prime Minister Morawiecki. Just as in the local government election campaign, he was on the front lines this time. He is incredibly resilient to all sorts of hardships, and he demonstrated this immense resilience once again. He attended dozens, even more than dozens, of meetings. He spoke dozens, if not over a hundred, times. He was, as usual, an exceptionally active participant in the election campaign. I want to thank Prime Minister Szydło for her excellent work, not only in her constituency, where she achieved a gigantic success with over half a million votes, but also for her work across the country. She felt responsible for the entire party, not just her constituency, and she truly did an enormous amount of work. With the same determination and resistance to fatigue that she has shown since 2015 - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at the PiS headquarters on Nowogrodzka Street.

- I wanted to say that this success, a great success, the best result any party has ever achieved in elections since 1989, in all kinds of elections, no one has ever achieved more than 45%, is not a signal for us to cease our efforts, work, or contemplation of what those who want things to remain as they were will do. They are still here, still active, and they will certainly fight, and with methods, a small part of which we have seen in these elections. We think these methods will be even worse than before. But despite everything, we are convinced that we will win, - stated Jarosław Kaczyński at PiS headquarters on Nowogrodzka Street.

- Five mandates give the SLD third place in terms of the number of mandates obtained in these elections - stated Włodzimierz Czarzasty during a press conference in the Sejm.

- What is also important to me, given the various disputes that were initiated by the Spring party in relation to the SLD, is that I wanted to say that we are neither angry nor indignant with Spring. But I wanted to tell our colleagues from Spring that we received the same number of votes as you, with the difference that we had 13 people, and you had 130 on the lists - added Czarzasty.

- A referendum will be held in SLD on this matter, in which 23,000 members will participate - said Włodzimierz Czarzasty during a press conference in the Sejm. - I believe that what has begun in the European Coalition is a good start. I am satisfied with the cooperation within this coalition. There are many things to improve, but this is three months of functioning. In the first three months of any relationship, there is a lot of wonderful passion; now it is time for a mature, sensible relationship - added Czarzasty.

- Poland is on the right track. The operation to replace the red-and-white flag with a rainbow flag failed. There was an attempt to ruthlessly carry out a moral revolution. Poles rejected it. They also rejected the ruthless attacks on the Church - said Patryk Jaki in the Sejm.

- The most important personal commitment of the leader of United Right - Jarosław Kaczyński, especially visible in the final moments of the campaign, decided that we are victorious once again - added Jaki.

A simulation conducted by mBank Research suggests that if the results of the European Parliament elections in Poland were to be applied under the electoral law used for Sejm (parliamentary) elections, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party would secure a dominant 253 seats. This hypothetical scenario highlights the significant difference in electoral systems and their impact on seat allocation. The original tweet from mBank Research, which is a separate piece of information and not directly translatable within the article body, can be found at the provided Twitter link: https://twitter.com/mbank_research/status/1133009537408163846?s=12

- In my opinion, the main argument that sealed our victory was the quality of our 3.5 years in government. Simply put, despite making a lot of mistakes, and that includes me, we generally govern well. If you'll allow me a good deed, I would like to advise my colleagues, friends from the opposition parties, to consider not only what we are doing wrong, because perhaps various things are rightly pointed out, but to consider what we are doing right - said Jarosław Gowin in an interview with Grzegorz Kajdanowicz on a special edition of TVN24's program "Fakty po faktach".

- We didn't manage to win, although 38% is a decent result. Not everything went well in the campaign; there was too much ideology and a turn to the left in the coalition, unnecessarily taking up various ideological causes. It started with the LGBT card, then came Mr. Jażdżewski's speech; it seems like a PiS fifth column. Donald Tusk probably mobilized PiS voters more than the European Coalition - said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on Kropka nad I.

- There will certainly be some regret [about ministers leaving for the European Parliament] because it was an excellent group of colleagues. We cooperated wonderfully in the government. We accomplished many interesting projects together, but this was their choice, and they achieved a remarkable success, so there will be some changes within the Council of Ministers - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Edyta Lewandowska on TVP Info's "Gość Wiadomości."

- There is a regulation stating that within two weeks of the [election] results being announced, new Members of the European Parliament must resign from their previous positions. So, this outlines a certain timeframe - added the head of the Polish government, when asked about the timeline for the government reshuffle.

- We have some thoughts, of course, together with the leadership of our camp, Law and Justice, but these are not yet concretely finalized proposals - added PMM.

- We need fighters. Grzegorz Schetyna is not one of those who back down. He showed that he can fight to the end and be a long-distance runner, but we must draw conclusions. We didn't succeed, we didn't win the election, there was no such campaign, we didn't make a spot that could touch the heart – said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on Kropka nad I.

If their only program is to wait until we run out of money, they will be very mistaken, very quickly. We have everything not only very well calculated, but I will remind you that a month ago we submitted our financial program to the European Commission, it is called the Update of the Convergence Programme, and in reality it is about showing how the budget is to look over the next three years - said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Edyta Lewandowska on the TVP Info program "Gość Wiadomości".

„I am convinced that it will be an excellent team that will help us manage Poland's affairs even better. It's a system of interconnected vessels. I am very happy about this, because in the autumn we will be able to show Poles that thanks to such a strong representation, we will be able to achieve more for Poland in the coming years, here at home, for the Polish economy, entrepreneurs, and businesses,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview with Edyta Lewandowska on „Gość Wiadomości” on TVP Info.

- Poles want peace, normalcy, and modernity. PiS is trying, in the best way possible, to deliver these goods to Poles. Modern development must equate to increased opportunities for people to earn more money. This is what Europeanism means in practice for us. This is the level of earnings we hope to reach after some time. Secondly, normalcy and peace. This means no ideological culture wars. We don't want that. PiS doesn't want that, and I think Poles don't want that either. This also helped us greatly – said Mateusz Morawiecki in an interview with Edyta Lewandowska on the program "Gość Wiadomości" on TVP Info.

Jarosław Kaczyński was the face of the PiS campaign. Towards the end, he was making several appearances a day, and it was likely his personal connection with the right-wing supporters that convinced voters to go to the polls, people who hadn't voted before. This tipped the scales so heavily towards a historic, almost presidential victory in the Polish European elections. Jarosław Kaczyński doesn't need other frontrunners today, as Andrzej Duda and Beata Szydło were in 2015. Poll results show such an insignificant loss for PiS in cities and such a significant increase in rural areas, leading to one conclusion: voters have simply accepted his role in Polish politics. Kaczyński doesn't need other faces today, but he definitely needs efficient managers of state affairs. It's almost certain that such success would have been impossible with Beata Szydło's cabinet, which, compared to today's administration, was a kingdom of chaos, from Antoni Macierewicz's shaky Ministry of National Defence to Krzysztof Jurgiel, who couldn't keep up with the growing pile of issues at the ministry of agriculture, crucial for an important group of PiS voters. Would the previous minister have managed the "cow plus" concept announced in Kadzidło, which was as ridiculed as it was likely one of the campaign's most effective weapons? Within the party, Kaczyński has a dynamic team built by Brudziński around the new head of the organizational office – Krzysztof Sobolewski. No other party has structures like PiS today. Morawiecki's government, relying on economic ministries largely managed personally by the prime minister, as well as the crucial – in cases like floods or the teachers' strike – Ministry of Interior and Administration and Ministry of National Defence, represents a different quality. The electoral success of PiS would have been impossible without these "twelve labors" of Morawiecki in this state workshop. The teachers' protest – extinguished with minimal losses, and paradoxically even with political gains shown by the Kantar poll for TVN – defused by the involvement of Joachim Brudziński's people at the voivodeship level (and sometimes even local examination boards), and the revealed media talent of the prime minister's chancellery head, Michał Dworczyk, was a key moment of the campaign. Any government can be swept away by a sense of encroaching chaos, and that was avoided in this situation. The lowest unemployment in history, accompanied by the return of about 100,000 Poles from Great Britain shown by GUS (Statistics Poland), economic growth among the OECD leaders and after an upward revision by the European Commission. Finally, the expected momentum – a 21% increase in investment. However, this was followed by another plus to the "fifth plus" (from the commercial tax unblocked by the ECJ) with the protest of people with disabilities. Efficient management by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance of the Convergence Plan update, so that the financing of the new "fifth plus" does not breach the deficit safeguards. Who knows if this, in turn, wasn't a precise blow to ACTA2, an issue that animated internet hearts like Wykop and YouTube, and deprived the Confederation, which heavily preyed on young voters, of those tens of thousands of votes needed to cross the threshold. And finally, perhaps the most important thing for PiS's results and prospects – the dismantling of Polexit, crowned by Juncker's not-unimportant words in an interview with Rzeczpospolita, and by not giving the opposition a field day to celebrate 15 years of membership in the Union with the successful "Together for Europe" summit in Warsaw on May 1st, which concluded with the adoption of a very innovative and anti-protectionist Warsaw Declaration. Without Morawiecki investing many hours of meetings and conversations in building relationships with politicians like Juncker, Merkel, even Macron and his most important behind-the-scenes minister, Bruno Le Mair, or the work of politicians like Adam Bielan with the influential head of the EC administration, Martin Selmayr, the opposition would have had an easy time building an electoral strategy around a "creeping Polexit," which, however, did not happen and was perhaps PiS's most significant success in this campaign.