#LECH WAŁĘSA

Lech Wałęsa led the Solidarity trade union’s struggle against communist rule in Poland. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/Anadolu via Getty Images

Poland’s Lech Wałęsa calls Trump victory a ‘disgrace’

Former Solidarity leader and Polish ex-president Lech Wałęsa has described Donald Trump’s victory in the American presidential election as “a disgrace” and a “terrible example from the United States for the whole world.”

Photo: Paul Marotta/Getty Images

Trump’s presidency would be ‘misfortune for US and world,’ warns former Polish president

Donald Trump becoming the US president would be “a misfortune for the US and the world”, a former Polish president has said.

Photo: TVP World.

Russia’s issue is its political system, not just Putin or Stalin, Lech Wałęsa tells TVP World

Poland’s first democratically elected president after the fall of communism gave an exclusive interview to TVP World.