Since December, we have started posting our guests' opinions on the European elections in the column: "I am voting. Are you?" This time, our guest is Malgorzata Molęda-Zdziech, Polish sociologist, political scientist and active commentator on events in Poland.

She is head of the Department of Political Studies at Warsaw School of Economics and the rector's representative for cooperation with European Union. In her article, she comments on the significant role of Polish civil society in influencing the outcome of the last Polish national elections in October 2023 . She also refers to the one of the priorities of the future Polish Presidency of the EU Council regarding the role of civil society in protecting the rule of law. (ehp)