nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/0080ea603408fec9 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231011s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/0080ea603408fec9 doi eng 342 23 Baranowska, Grażyna Author aut Poland’s Sham ‘Migration’ Referendum Baranowska, Grażyna Verfassungsblog 2023-10-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On June 15, 2023, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of Poland's PiS party, announced a rare referendum, ostensibly to allow the public to weigh in on crucial elements of Polish immigration policy, alongside the general elections. Yet, in reality, the referendum had little to do with migration and the opposition parties largely ignored the referendum's questions to avoid its deployment as an electoral campaign tool. As such, whatever voters will decide on Election day, it will tell us little about the state of Polish migration politics. CC BY-SA 4.0 election campaign Immigration parliamentary elections Poland Referendum Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/polands-sham-migration-referendum/ raw object