The crisis of democracy in Poland in 2014-2022. Analysis of the reasons and discussion of the effects

The aim of the article is to present the political changes taking place in Poland, mainly at the turn of 2014-2022. The aspect of destabilization of governments in the country, the impact of the current situation on the quality of life and the position of the state on the international arena will be shown. An attempt will be made to analyse the current system through the prism of the policy pursued by the government in the indicated period. A key role will be played by the features of a properly functioning democracy and their juxtaposition with the current reality in Poland. Numerous documents such as the Democracy Index, Fragile State Index, social surveys and scientific publications and their analysis will be the basis for consideration. The given time is important due to the changes that took place in Poland during this period. He refers to the DI reports which show that since 2014 there has been a clear decrease in the quality of democracy in our country. This unfavourable trend highlights the problems that have been gaining momentum for several years now and in the near future will lead to significant changes in the regime of political power, if Poland wants to remain a democratic state. The effects of the events and the forecast of possible scenarios for the coming years will be presented. The final conclusions will be the conclusion of the entire research process and their content will confirm that Poland is currently a defective democracy. In support of the thesis, numerous examples of violations of human rights, freedom of speech and the rule of law will be presented.