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Who is Poland’s Andrzej DudaThe invasion of Ukraine propelled Poland’s president from the periphery of European politics to the center
but he might have blown his chance of staying there 
Photographer: Mateusz Slodkowski/AFP/Getty Images
2023 at 12:01 AM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.“I've always stood up for Polish interests,” Andrzej Duda told supporters in the small northern town of Polczyn-Zdroj just hours after being criticized by the US for giving the greenlight to a panel that would investigate Poland's opposition leader
Poland’s president rowed back just four days later
not just from the US but also the European Union — with both saying the panel could be used to interfere in October’s national elections — forced Duda into an embarrassing climbdown
On June 2 he promised to de-fang the legislation dubbed Lex Tusk because it is seen as targeting former Prime Minister Donald Tusk.