I mean, apart from occasional rumblings about tax cuts, and being left behind by the economic miralces of our (flat-taxing) neighbours.
Also, since it wake up from the shock of the leak, the Fidesz spin machine geared up. They began to issue rhetoric to the tune that "Orbán said nothing we won't back in public", but of course with lots of added nuance. (So now Orbán says that subway lines are necessary, lots of them, only cheaper - well, yes, with that I totally agree.) And thus rhetoric about actives and the middle class is back in their repertoire. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
The SLD incidentally are the folks who tend to be the most cynical in the contrast between left wing populism and neolib/kleptocratic policies. The PO - that is the hardcore neoliberals who are currently in power, have wound up governing to the left of their opposition era rhetoric - the practical consequences of having the PSL (Peasant Party) as a coalition partner.
Or in other words you've got three main political forces in Poland - the two post-Solidarity groupings, one center left on economics, very right wing on other stuff, the other very right wing on economics and center to center left on other matters. Then there are the post communists who are left on non-economic matters, technically center left on econ, in reality center right.
The Law and Justice camp is also riven between its mainly Pilsudkist leadership (interwar version, not the turn of the century Marxist national liberation incarnation) and a strong Endek (Polish fascist tradition) faction in its rank and file.
I haven't yet made up my mind on the significance of the last part.
At any rate, I do hope that that "enormous swing to the left within electorate" you note [was it a swing at all? wasn't the majority 'there' already?] will be sustained, will prove Orbán wrong, and he [or someone else] will have a difficult time selling policies that hurt as necessary to right the economy. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
whom he can hold to with state ...
state engagement/government involvement. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
I read that line to mean that "state engagement/involvement" is not an extra point but pertinent to higher education and healthcare, with a "," used where a ":" would have been clearer. Could be wrong. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.