On the electoral night nobody suspected, however, that imposing new historical narrative would be only one element of a broader plan, namely creating a new model of citizenship, based both on national and ethnic origin as well as on citizens’ attitude towards liberal democracy. Those trying to protect the constitutional order, rule of law, civil society and respect for human rights are being more and more often presented as “foreign agents” or “untrue Poles”. This trend goes hand in hand with the grotesque understanding of the notion of “Polish nation”, whose honor must be defended by criminal repression.
The paper will demonstrate the consequences of going away from the principles of liberal democracy and human rights standards, for re-shaping the concept of citizenship. In particular, the problem of transferring rights and freedoms from an individual to the collective defined as “nation” or “community of true citizens” will be considered.
