Earlier this month, on the 4th June, over half a million people from around Poland took to the streets of Warsaw to march in support of democracy. The concept of democracy itself hangs on a shaky peg here in Poland with the authoritarian, right-wing PiS government taking further extremes to curb opposition before the elections coming in Autumn. In April, former Prime Minister, Donald Tusk invited people from all across Poland to join him on the 4th June, the 34th anniversary of the election that effectively ended the communist rule of the country. While originally a march in support of democracy in the country, the demonstration became a de facto protest against the new legislation referred to as Lex Tusk.
The march took place on what was the hottest day of the year so far and began from Plac Na Rozdrożu near the office of Poland’s Ministry of Justice, before making its way several kilometres north to Plac Zamkowy, the site of the Royal Castle.
