Eva says that she never left the polish election. She has been living in Germany for 40 years, she has a German passport, and still participates in every election in Poland.
She first comes to Germany as a Polish refugee and still has a family there. Between 2015 and 2023, when the right -wing Nationalist Law and PIS (PIS) are in power in the party, he saw himself fighting for democracy and rul of law in Poland.
Some 2 million people with polish roots live in Germany. At least 850,000 of them are only Polish citizenship. Any person with Polish passport is eligible to participate in Poland elections, but only 80,000 sticks in Germany exercised the right in the first election, with two places.
To use their voting correctly, Polish citizens living abroad need to register with the appropriate consulate, where they have to show a valid polish ID or passport. But many Polish migrants in Germany have no one, and long journey to the near -election booth can be difficult. All said, Germany, located in big cities like Hamburg, Berlin, Coleon, Munich or Dortmund, has 54 election circuits. This means that many poles are willing to cast their votes, they will have to travel 200 kilometers (124 mi) or more. There are no paragraphs of tea ballots.
“For me, voting is a duty I am happy to fulfill,” Eva is called. This is why she is joining 112,000 other poles in Germany as she cast her votes in the runoff of the upcoming President, slate for 1 June.
By May 27, he had signed up more than a quarter of this round. This is a new record.
Karol Navarki Trailing in Germany
The results of the first presidential election indicate that Poland in Germany has different voting priorities in Poland than its fellow citizens. In the two countries, voters supported Liberal, supporters Europe-wise Mayor Rafale Tzscowski. In Germany, this preference was high, with 40% of support shown, 31% vs. in Poland.
Meanwhile, nationalist, orthodox historian Karol Navki finished second in Poland with 29.5% of the votes. In Germany, however, he came in third place, which was behind the drawer Firebrand Slavomir Mejen, which gives 18.8% vote.
Only 14.5% vote in Germany only 14.5% – below 29.5% support obtained at home.
On the other hand, Trzaskowski’s victory was no surprise. Five years ago, he defeated the national orthodox and oppressed President Andrez Duda with a 70% German vote. In Poland, however, he lost the election.
What surprise is the fact that Mentzen finished second in Germany and third in Poland. Overall, right -wing candidates brought good results to Germany. Overall, 28% of the voters in Germany supported Ether in the ether in the distant or distant, Antisemitic MP Gzegorz Braun. In Poland, it was 22%.
Menzten is a member of the Hard-Right Confederation Party. He is a member of the European Parliament, where he shares a faction with a so -called option for the Germany (AFD) party, which is suspected of being a right -wing extremist to the federal domestic intelligence of Germany.
Braun recently lost his parliamentary immunity, when he used a fire extensor to evacuate the candles burnt in the Polish Parliament to mark the Jewish holiday Hanukka, and attacked a woman who tried to stop.
Voters areware of two-sided systems
Demian – His real name is not from North Poland and has worked in construction for years in Germany. He says that he voted for Braun because “he knows how to appreciate Polish history. He preserves Polish identity.”
“Librars do not care about this,” the worker continues. “They want to present subjects as European so badly, that they are serving us in Brussels.” To prevent this, he says that he needs to participate in “definite” elections.
Piootr says that he cannot create an image of not fulfilling his civilian duty. A self-proclaimed devotee Catholic has a well-played work in Germany, where he is a bee living for about 40 years. Their children, who were born in Germany, participate only in the German elections. But Piootr voted in both German and Polish elections.
“I voted for Menton,” hey says. “He is intelligent and understands economics quite well. And above, he has nothing to do with the current system.”
Agnizka Lada-Sheehari, a political scientist specialized in Polish relations, believes that this warning of “The System” is an important factor in determining the way its vote in Germany. The expert said, “You cannot only say to those voters who withdraw the ‘anti-European’ or ‘antisemetic’.” “Above all, they are against the system. They do not want Tzaskovsky or Navaroki, as the two represent the two-sided systems that are applicable over the years. Migrant, as they felt deprived in this system location.
‘Our AFD’
Eva says that people vote for right -wing extremists “Voting only against something.”
“They live here in Germany, they see AFD getting votes, and think with a stop,” We don’t vote for “our” AFD? “,” Eva says.
She says that she is on the other side of the fence. Over the years, she supports Tzscowski and The Sent Civic Platform, The Party of the party of the Prime Minister Donald Tusks.
But in the first round of this year’s presidential election, he voted for the Social Democratic New Left Party for his Pro-Women’s Rights Forum. For her, as she says, “It was a matter of heart.”
Eva knew that her candidate did not get a chance to win the election. Instead, she says that she wanted to use her voice to return those issues and demand that many Polish women care – and to send a signal to Trazscoski. He assured that Liberal candidate would win runoff. This is the only way that the current government alliance of the Prime Minister’s Tusk put forward the entire reforms that President Duda is currently blocking.
Eva is certain that she knows who to go back to runoff. And that is not the only one.
Every vote matters
In front of a Polish Church in southern Berlin, we meet another woman, much like Eva, on the way to the month. “All my polish girlfriends agree,” she says. “Rafale Tzscowski is the only option. Who else?” Religion does not play a role, she says.
“Most poles in Germany describe the progressive, open-minded and supporters,” Lad-Confall. “For such people, Trzaskowski is the candidate who guarantees that Poland wants a movie in this direction.”
Opinion polls both see the remaining candidates in the neck and neck in runoff. Every vote can tip the scale. For many Polish voters, no matter what the election on Sunday, the election on Sunday is not enough to see who they want, but who does not want to see in the office. Choosing between “less of two evils”.
Dana agrees. After the LGBTQ+ community, she fled to Germany after a rapid cam under the attack, while the PIS party is in power. “In the first round, I voted for the candidate from the left side, as only the leftist party takes people like us seriously and advocates for us,” she says. “On Sunday, I will vote for trzaskowski, as he is not as bad as Nawrocki.”
She chooses her next words carefully. She says, “Election will not be good for us for any kind of people,” she says. But a President of the PIS party can disaster for his community, she says.
Piotr, who would have preferred to see his right -wing candidate Mentzen in the office, agrees that the upcoming runoff is about choosing the least poor option. “As long as it’s not Trzaskowski,” he says. “His views change very often one day, he is Catholic, and the other he is supporting the LGBT-movement. One day he is waving a Polish flag, and next, it is a European flag, or even a rainbow flag.” Navoki is getting my vote. ,
This article was translated from German.
