By EMILY CADEI — OZY
In September, incoming Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz promised to respond to Russian provocations “like a reasonable Polish woman.” Guffaws ensued. Domestic commentators found it an artless attempt to play the gender card; to foreign ears, it just sounded dated and vaguely sexist.
But three months later, the mockery has stopped. Poland’s self-styled mother-in-chief has demonstrated what most of us know well: Moms are no pushovers.
The 58-year-old pediatrician from small-town central Poland has had to move fast to assert herself in her new role, which opened up when outgoing PM Donald Tusk abruptly left the post …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
