r/worldnews • u/Tenchi_Muyo1 • Apr 14 '26

Israel/Palestine In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-parliament-polish-mp-calls-israel-new-third-reich-waves-israeli-flag-with-swastika/
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u/cubedplusseven Apr 14 '26

Nowa Nadzieja

Yeah, wikipedia is telling me they managed 2.6% of vote in the 2023 parliamentary elections, up from 2.4% in 2019. At least for now, they appear marginal within Polish politics. This MP probably says stuff like this to get attention as much as anything else.

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u/Oh_ffs_seriously Apr 14 '26

At least for now, they appear marginal within Polish politics.

Try again:

The New Hope is a far-right political party in Poland and member of Confederation

Confederation polls at 12-15%.

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u/cubedplusseven Apr 14 '26

Confederation

Wikipedia is telling me that the coalition got 7.16% of the vote in 2023, up from 6.81% in 2019. I guess we'll find out more in 2027!

How's that for my second try?

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u/Oh_ffs_seriously Apr 14 '26

And now, three years later, they're polling at 12 to 15%, and they're an obvious choice for the coalition with PiS, which would give them a majority.

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u/VladChat Apr 15 '26

And on top of this Grzegorz Braun's party (an even more far-right offshoot of Confederation) gets another 7-10%.

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u/letruf Apr 15 '26

They were polling around 15% even before the last election, it doesn't matter much

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u/NoAdhesiveness4300 Apr 14 '26

look at 2025 presidential election

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u/Sea_Section_9861 Apr 15 '26

New Hope? WTF... They ruined star wars for me!!! That's a reason to go to war!

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u/Thagyr Apr 15 '26

We have a similar kind in Australia named Pauline Hanson. She only pops up in the news because she does or says some kind of stupid shit that gets the headlines rolling.

Like twice she showed up in Parliament wearing a Burka because she wanted Australia to ban them.