Süddeutsche Zeitung comments on Poland's new President

The German newspaper Süddeutsche  Zeitung (SZ) called the presidency of Andrzej Duda an "icecold wind from the east". According to SZ, the ruling party Civic Platform (PO) is pro-european, whereas Law and Justice (PiS), which Andrzej Duda belonged to, is eurosceptical. The Polish-German relations are not expected to worsen, as they are deeply rooted, though Poland under the leadership of PiS will be a "less comfortable partner for Germany and Europe than it was when Bronisław Komorowski together with PO were in charge", the daily claimed. SZ expressed concern about the PiS entirely dominating the Polish government, as the parliamentary elections are approaching and chances for Beata Szydło (PiS)  becoming the Prime Minister are quite high. The newspaper also critized some of the ideas put forward by both Duda and his former grouping, "[the pension reform] might ruin the Polish budget and drive Poland toward being another crisis country in the east". Moreover Polish announcements of changing its policy towards foreign banks and supermarkets causes distress. Such an attitude will act destructively on Poland, which now is foreign investrors' favourite place to allocate money in, the paper wrote.