Law and Justice victory raises populism concerns in Poland

Victory for Andrzej Duda of the Law and Justice Party in Sunday’s Polish presidential election has raised concerns about a shift towards more populist policymaking and taken some of the shine off Emerging Europe’s best growth story. This doesn’t mean that – as some seem to believe – a Law and Justice triumph in October’s parliamentary election is now inevitable. But even so there are reasons to think that, whoever wins that vote, policymakers are likely to be less reform-minded.