PiS embraces economic interventionism - A social market economy, it also supports state healthcare and a guaranteed minimum social safety net
This is not conservatism
The Congress of the New Right is a little like UKIP having no seats in the Polish legislature but 2 EU Parliament seats. (they won 3 but one defected)
Exactly. This isn’t ‘victory’ it’s Catholic National Socialism.
I guess I would support PO over PiS then. I can’t abide supporting the party that’s more in favor of welfare and economic intervention.
That's what Europe is about. Major parties are either full flavor socialists (social democrats...) or mild socialists (Christian democrats and such) + some small groups of commies, national socialists, neo-nazis, eco fanatics and occasionally some marginal free market party here and there.
I don't think there is a single European country without state healthcare. Once it's put in place, it is extremely difficult to revoke it. Similarly, If ObamaCare is not abolished anytime soon, It will stay for generations and anyone against it, will be called a radical and ridiculed.