Foreign media outlets call PiS "extreme right-wing"

The European newspapers describe a bleak vision of Poland and media from Scandinavia to Italy are criticizing the government of Law and Justice (PiS), with some labeling it as "extreme right-wing". Headlines speak for themselves, in Sweden one reads "Warning of Polish inquisition" while another declares "Purges in Poland" in Spain. Some media outlets even suggest that the European Commission should consider applying sanctions. "Representatives of the former governments have much better access to different opinion makers abroad than supporters of the IVth Poland. Thus it is easier for them to influence the way foreign media perceive Poland," said Andrzej Zybertowicz from University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun. (Rzeczpospolita, S. A1, A6)