Poland's main opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), is facing a major internal rupture as a power struggle over the party's direction comes into the open. The dispute appears tied to a sharper shift toward the far right and a move targeting former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, one of the party's most recognizable figures.
The scale of the clash became clearer after party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said that more than 30 delegates had effectively lost their membership. That suggests the conflict has moved beyond internal disagreement and into an open split, with PiS leadership trying to reassert control while critics inside the party resist.
The battle matters because PiS remains Poland's leading opposition force. Any attempt to remove Morawiecki could come at a political cost, especially if voters see the fight as proof of deep instability inside the right-wing camp rather than a show of discipline.
More broadly, the crisis points to a struggle over identity as well as leadership. If PiS continues to fracture over ideology and internal loyalties, its popularity could suffer and its position as the main opposition force may become harder to defend.
