2023 Polish protests

2023 Polish protests
2023 Polish protests
Part of Polish constitutional crisis and Color revolutions
	People marching through the streets of Warsaw as part of the protests held on 4 June 2023.
Date	June 4 and October 1, 2023
Location	Warsaw and other areas of Poland
Caused by	Democratic backsliding Erosion of civil liberties; Alleged suppression of opposition parties; Drift-away from the European Union; Economic crisis, high inflation; Perceived misuse of funds and poor planning for infrastructure;
Goals	Democratization Anti-corruption; Free elections; Cancellation of the "Lex Tusk" law; Pro-Europeanism;
Resulted in	Electoral defeat of PiS in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election
Parties
Pro-democracy protestors; Civic Platform; KOD; Supported by:; League of Polish Families; AGROunia; New Left; TVN Group; Newsweek Polska; Gazeta Wyborcza	Polish government; Law and Justice; Counterprotestors; Supported by:; Telewizja Polska
Lead figures
	Donald Tusk; Rafał Trzaskowski; Lech Wałęsa Andrzej Duda; Mateusz Morawiecki; Jarosław Kaczyński
Number
June 4:; Warsaw: 500,000+ protestors October 1:; Warsaw: up to 1,000,000 protestors

On June 4, 2023, a series of planned anti-government marches took place in several areas of Poland, with the main one being held in the capital city of Warsaw. The protests were additionally motivated by the passing of the bill commonly referred to as "Lex Tusk", which critics argued would disrupt the constitutional separation of powers by giving the ruling party of PiS excessive judicial oversight. The Polish opposition in the national Parliament, as well as numerous foreign commentators, considered the law's approval an extension of the perceived constitutional crisis under the presidency of Andrzej Duda and the government headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

On 1 October 2023, the "March of a Million Hearts" took place in Warsaw.