Morawiecki builds new centre-right party as Kaczyński steps aside

Mateusz Morawiecki is planning a new political project that would be conservative but less confrontational towards Brussels than PiS. The PiS legacy — associated with rule-of-law violations and an anti-European narrative — weighs on Morawiecki. Kaczyński's retreat from the frontline may give him room to build his own brand on the European centre-right.