Some of Europe’s worst Russophobes are tearing themselves apart – but it won’t help Russia

Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice party is splitting into factions, but Moscow shouldn’t expect an olive branch any time soon The end of July has brought significant changes to Polish domestic politics: the country’s main right-wing opposition force, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s Law and Justice (PiS) party, has officially split.More than 30 members of the Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament) were demonstratively expelled from the party. This marked the end of a long-standing, latent standoff between the longtime party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and the moderate wing of former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Kaczynski issued a harsh ultimatum of loyalty to his allies, and Morawiecki responded by creating his own association, Rozwoj Plus (Development Plus), asking the leader to “take a step back” and publicly refuse to sign declarations. Kaczynski viewed this as a rebellion and expelled the dissenters from the party.It’s worth noting that in Poland’s recent history (since 1989), splits within the right-wing camp are almost canon, occurring with clockwork regularity. The Polish right has a unique quirk in its proverbial DNA: it is inherently incapable of maintaining a monopol...