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*Goclowski, Marcin; Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Anna (May 21, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-poland/polish-towns-go-lgbt-free-ahead-of-bitter-european-election-campaign-idUSKCN1SR0YZ Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref> Despite the party's pro-life stance, some social conservatives have criticized it, along with other European conservatives, for not pushing hard enough for pro-life policies at the European and international levels.<ref>Gennarini, Stefano (May 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/european-pro-life-nationalist-parties-fall-short-on-fighting-abortion European ‘pro-life’ nationalist parties fall short on fighting abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''C-Fam''). May 25, 2019.</ref>

*Goclowski, Marcin; Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Anna (May 21, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-poland/polish-towns-go-lgbt-free-ahead-of-bitter-european-election-campaign-idUSKCN1SR0YZ Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref> Despite the party's pro-life stance, some social conservatives have criticized it, along with other European conservatives, for not pushing hard enough for pro-life policies at the European and international levels.<ref>Gennarini, Stefano (May 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/european-pro-life-nationalist-parties-fall-short-on-fighting-abortion European ‘pro-life’ nationalist parties fall short on fighting abortion]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from ''C-Fam''). May 25, 2019.</ref>

The PiS has attempted to de-communize Poland's judiciary,<ref>Thompson, Arthur R. (April 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28762-title-to-come Poland's Plight]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref> and it believes the country's liberal faction did not go far enough in rejecting communism in the 1990s.<ref>Wlodarczak, Anna; Plucinska, Joanna (June 4, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-anniversary/legacy-of-communism-hotly-debated-in-poland-30-years-on-idUSKCN1T504I Legacy of communism hotly debated in Poland 30 years on]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> The party is critical of [[liberal]] Western culture, including the [[homosexual agenda]],<ref>McLean, Dorothy Cummings (April 26, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/polish-party-chief-calls-lgbt-ideology-a-dangerous-western-import Polish party chief calls LGBT ideology a dangerous western import]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt/polands-kaczynski-condemns-gay-pride-marches-as-election-nears-idUSKCN1V80FD Poland's Kaczynski condemns gay pride marches as election nears]. ''Reuters''. August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.</ref> and has warned against the "social diseases that dominate there."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/04/hungary-asks-whats-wrong-with-swedes/ Hungary Asks ‘What’s Wrong with the Swedes?’ as Poland Vows to Avoid Western Europe’s ‘Social Diseases’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2018.</ref> Like other Eastern European conservatives, Poland's history under communist domination influences the PiS's views.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/02/polish-leader-eu-does-not-understand-post-communist-eastern-europe/ Polish Leader: EU Does Not Understand Post-Communist Eastern Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref>

The PiS has attempted to de-communize Poland's judiciary,<ref>Thompson, Arthur R. (April 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/28762-title-to-come Poland's Plight]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 16, 2018.</ref> and it believes the country's liberal faction did not go far enough in rejecting communism in the 1990s.<ref>Wlodarczak, Anna; Plucinska, Joanna (June 4, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-anniversary/legacy-of-communism-hotly-debated-in-poland-30-years-on-idUSKCN1T504I Legacy of communism hotly debated in Poland 30 years on]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 4, 2019.</ref> The party is critical of [[liberal]] Western culture, including the [[homosexual agenda]],<ref>McLean, Dorothy Cummings (April 26, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/polish-party-chief-calls-lgbt-ideology-a-dangerous-western-import Polish party chief calls LGBT ideology a dangerous western import]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-lgbt/polands-kaczynski-condemns-gay-pride-marches-as-election-nears-idUSKCN1V80FD Poland's Kaczynski condemns gay pride marches as election nears]. ''Reuters''. August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.</ref> and has warned against the "social diseases that dominate there."<ref>Montgomery, Jack (September 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/04/hungary-asks-whats-wrong-with-swedes/ Hungary Asks ‘What’s Wrong with the Swedes?’ as Poland Vows to Avoid Western Europe’s ‘Social Diseases’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 4, 2018.</ref> Like other Eastern European conservatives, Poland's history under communist domination influences the PiS's views.<ref>Friedman, Victoria (January 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/02/polish-leader-eu-does-not-understand-post-communist-eastern-europe/ Polish Leader: EU Does Not Understand Post-Communist Eastern Europe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref> The party holds to a patriotic interpretation of Polish history, as opposed to anti-nationalist revisionism.<ref>Plucinska, Joanna; Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Anna (August 19, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ww2-anniversary-poland-westerplatte/a-ww2-battle-reverberates-in-polands-national-election-campaign-idUSKCN1V912Y A WW2 battle reverberates in Poland's national election campaign]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 19, 2019.</ref>

The PiS supports decentralizing the European Union.<ref>Plucinska, Joanna (May 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-enlargement/ex-communist-states-want-more-decentralised-eu-polish-pm-idUSKCN1S74FY Ex-communist states want more decentralised EU: Polish PM]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref> It takes a critical stance toward a common EU military.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (November 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/26/poland-scorns-eu-army-insists-america-only-real-guarantor-security-europe/ Poland Scorns EU Army, Insists America Is ‘Only Real Guarantor of Security in Europe’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 26, 2018.</ref> It has criticized the concept of a "[[United States of Europe]],"<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/14/poland-eu-superstate-detached-reality/ Polish PM: Federal EU Superstate ‘Not What Europeans Desire’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 14, 2018.</ref> and it has taken a pro-Israel stance.<ref>Byas, Steve (January 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31069-right-wing-european-parties-seek-jewish-support Right-wing European Parties Seek Jewish Support]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref> In 2019, the PiS opposed adopting the [[Euro]] until Poland's economy would become as large as Germany's.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-euro/polands-kaczynski-says-no-to-the-euro-as-part-of-election-campaign-idUSKCN1RP09H Poland's Kaczynski says 'no' to the euro as part of election campaign]. ''Reuters''. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.</ref> It also opposed the EU's online copyright law, arguing it would result in internet [[censorship]].<ref>Nolan, Lucas (May 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/27/poland-fights-back-against-eu-internet-copyright-directive/ Poland Fights Back Against EU Internet Copyright Directive]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 27, 2019.</ref>

The PiS supports decentralizing the European Union.<ref>Plucinska, Joanna (May 1, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-enlargement/ex-communist-states-want-more-decentralised-eu-polish-pm-idUSKCN1S74FY Ex-communist states want more decentralised EU: Polish PM]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref> It takes a critical stance toward a common EU military.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (November 26, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/26/poland-scorns-eu-army-insists-america-only-real-guarantor-security-europe/ Poland Scorns EU Army, Insists America Is ‘Only Real Guarantor of Security in Europe’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 26, 2018.</ref> It has criticized the concept of a "[[United States of Europe]],"<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 14, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/14/poland-eu-superstate-detached-reality/ Polish PM: Federal EU Superstate ‘Not What Europeans Desire’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 14, 2018.</ref> and it has taken a pro-Israel stance.<ref>Byas, Steve (January 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/31069-right-wing-european-parties-seek-jewish-support Right-wing European Parties Seek Jewish Support]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 1, 2019.</ref> In 2019, the PiS opposed adopting the [[Euro]] until Poland's economy would become as large as Germany's.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-euro/polands-kaczynski-says-no-to-the-euro-as-part-of-election-campaign-idUSKCN1RP09H Poland's Kaczynski says 'no' to the euro as part of election campaign]. ''Reuters''. April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.</ref> It also opposed the EU's online copyright law, arguing it would result in internet [[censorship]].<ref>Nolan, Lucas (May 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/27/poland-fights-back-against-eu-internet-copyright-directive/ Poland Fights Back Against EU Internet Copyright Directive]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 27, 2019.</ref>