The Party of European Socialists is deeply worried that Polish President Andrzej Duda intends to run for re-election on a homophobic agenda after he announced his intention to ban alleged “LGBTI propaganda”.

The Polish incumbent is wrongly claiming that the LGBTI movement is an ideology, rather than a community of people fighting for their rights to be respected. This desperate move by Duda shows how badly his campaign is struggling to connect with voters.

PES President Sergei Stanishev said:

“President Duda and the current Polish government majority must start to respect all Poles and help them solve their real problems rather than creating imaginary ones.”

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