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2026-06-12
What the Term ‘Rule of Law’ Means to Poles
For over half of the people surveyed the ‘rule of law’ means that all citizens are equal under the law. On the other hand, more than four out of ten respondents take it to mean either that public authorities abide by the law or that the courts are independent of politics.
One in five defines the ‘rule of law’ as citizens abiding by the law and one in eight as citizens having access to courts and legal help.
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More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (432) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register. Respondents independently selected one of the following methods: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI); Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS; Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS. In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 9 – 19 April 2026 inclusive on a sample of 944 people (58.9% using the CAPI method, 22.5% CATI and 18.6% CAWI). CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
