"The matter of Mr. Mentzen and New Hope [...] is a subject for a longer discussion. We are dealing here with a socially Darwinist formation; after all, the proposals they put forward constitute pure social Darwinism," Jarosław Kaczyński said at a press conference.

"The issue is that some people linking us with them is a complete misunderstanding. We are on opposite sides of the barricade. We are a party of social solidarity and national community, while if they were to implement their program, Polish society and the Polish state would simply implode," he continued.