Maria Wilczek

Maria Wilczek is a freelance journalist based in Warsaw, Poland. She writes for The Economist, The Times, Al Jazeera English and Politico Europe. Maria is also deputy editor of Notes from Poland, an independent news outlet covering Polish affairs in English. Follow her on Twitter.

2020Maria WilczekPoland

All Politics Are Local

On Sunday, Poles will vote for their new president. Nowhere is this fight starker than in the town of Cisna, a rare center of opposition in a region of government support.

2020Maria WilczekPoland
All Politics Are Local
2020Maria WilczekPoland

Where the postmen fear a mail-in vote

Poland’s conservative ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), which has consolidated power across all branches of government in recent years, has refused to back away from the May elections date despite the pandemic.

2020Maria WilczekPoland
Where the postmen fear a mail-in vote