The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is called the event. This is simply a powerful yearly political conference that has been held in the United States since 1974. Year after year, leading and influential conservatives from all over America, most late supporters of Donald Trump, but not just them. And not just here.
CPAC editions are besides held abroad for respective years, including Japan, Mexico, South Korea and late Hungary. Here is an interesting fact – Marcin Romanowski, who fled to Hungary, was the head of the Polish-Hungarian Freedom Institute, which established the Centre for Fundamental Rights – an institution which in turn organizes CPAC in that country.
General CPAC gathers right from around the planet and many another guests, including Poland.
"This is 1 of the most influential political events in the world. This year the participants can see the Ukrainians shot down and the symbol of the death of thousands of innocents delivered by Poland: the Iranian Shahed drone" – the head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski reported at the conference at the beginning of the year under Washington.
But most of all, CPAC attracts PiS politicians. Mateusz Morawiecki, Patryk Jaka, Andrzej Mularczyk, Adam Bielan, or Ryszard Czarnecki, praised the American event. Besides, it was in her Kuluaras in February this year under Washington that president Andrzej Duda spoke briefly with Donald Trump. It's a celebrated communicative with the tense waiting of the president behind the scenes of the event, which was broadcast by tv Republic.
And this conference, for the first time in history, is scheduled to take place in Poland this year. When? As before the weekend he amazed all Mateusz Morawiecki, possibly even in May, before the 2nd circular of the presidential election.
"I'm in contact with Matthew Schlapp and his team. We have a squad of very efficient organizers on our side in Poland, so there is simply a chance that CPAC Poland will be held in May" - said Morawiecki in an interview with PAP.
Does the Law and Justice intend to strengthen Karol Nawrocki?
Schlapp announced a CPAC conference in Poland, right hand covers
Let's start with who Matthiew Schlapp is and what his relation with Poland is.
He is the head of the CPAC, president of the American Conservative Union, co-founder of Cove Strategies, who has connections with the Donald Trump administration, erstwhile White home Political manager for George W. Bush's presidency. besides erstwhile Fox News political commentator. And the husband of erstwhile White home communications manager Mercedes Schlapp.
In January of that year, the matrimony was introduced to tv viewers Republic – both supported it erstwhile the destiny of the concession for this station weighed. First Mercedes spoke at a station conference in Washington: – The Polish government fears you, you must fight, you have our support and support CPAC.
Schlapp then appeared in the fresh tv studio Republika in Warsaw and spoke to Michał Rachon.
Matt, have you seen anything like this? akin campaigns against media were besides organised by the left in the US. What would you like to convey to politicians, governments who are trying to choke off free media financed by average people as we do?
The American CPAC will track you down. He finds and shows the full planet all your scandalous behaviour – he heard.
In March of that year Schlapp took part in the "Polish Newspapers" Man of the Year Gala and took distant awarded to him with his wife the Republican Medal. "Matt Schlapp is the first American to be honored with the title of Man of the Year of the Polish Newspaper" – announced CPAC on her website.
It was then, in Warsaw, that Schlapp shouted: – Do you want to come to CPAC in America? due to the fact that America wants to come to CPAC in Poland! And we will be happy to celebrate CPAC in Poland soon.
That's where it started.
The PiS was euphoric, and the propislative media seemed to be even bigger.
"The eyes of the planet are focused on this event in the United States. CPAC is the world's largest political conference bringing together conservative politicians and officials. Ronald Reagan, among others, gave a celebrated speech at a convention held in the United States. This year's conference was attended by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, as well as president Andrzej Duda and erstwhile Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki – "Gazeta Polska" was delighted.
– It is simply a major political, diplomatic and global event. If it takes place in Warsaw, it will surely be a large success of Poland – it responds in a conversation with PiS MP Arkadiusz Mularczyk, who participated in the CPAC conference in the USA. As he says, it means the arrival of conservative politicians from all over the planet to Poland. besides building "political, diplomatic and frequently friendly relations that substance in politics".
So Jarosław Olechowski and Tomasz Sakiewicz enjoyed the announcements of the event in Poland:
Only in the beginning there was talk about the conference in Poland in late 2025. And now Morawiecki has jumped with May.
"I think Trump's visit at this time is absolutely unrealistic"
So, what importance could this event have in the run in Poland if it had actually happened in May? Let us item – present we know nothing about it. It is besides not known – as the media immediately marked – whether this would affect visiting Donald Trump over the Vistula River.
But the net has visions. individual writes, for example, "It seems that a CPAC conference will be held in Poland in May. Kind of risky. If they someway manage to get Trump down, it'll be a large deal and it'll work in the favour of the PiS."
“You can see that the PiS camp is trying to do everything to change the election trend and strengthen Karol Nawrocki’s chances through the organization of this conference, that is to bring her to Poland before the presidential election finals. In their opinion, this is expected to give him strong support, but in my opinion, it will not affect the result of these elections in any way – he responds to the subject Michał Wawrykiewicz, a associate of the EP delegation for relations with the US.
According to him, it is besides impossible for Donald Trump to arrive in Poland at this time.
– I think visiting at this time is absolutely unrealistic. I don't think it's possible to arrange it in a fewer weeks. And besides, I don't think Donald Trump is playing so recklessly during the election campaign, betting on a horse who's got a short breath and most likely no chance of reaching the finish line. It would be a large hazard – he thinks.
When Donald Trump arrives in Poland
However, mainly thanks to the PiS camp, Donald Trump's possible visit to Poland has late returned like a boomerang. Since December 2024, it has been speculated that the president of the United States can visit Poland on 3 May, on the occasion of the Trimortal Summit, but it is already known that no of this worked out.
– The summit of the Trimor is unlikely, but there are proposals for another circumstances – said Małgorzata Paprocka, head of the law firm of the president of Poland in early April.
In an interview with RMF FM, she said that the word was to be considered related to the summit of the Bucharest Nine, which would take place in June in Vilnius and Trump was invited to it.
In mid-April, President's cabinet chief Marcin Mastalerek told the Republic on tv that talks about the visit of US president Donald Trump to Poland were ongoing. And it'll come to her after 15 May.
When? There's inactive no substance. Let us besides remind that in March – as TVN24 informed – Andrzej Duda was to compose a letter to Donald Trump and invitation him to Poland in June.
– Contrary to what PiS politicians say and what Andrzej Duda says about himself, that they have superb relations with the fresh US administration, it is in practice not visible. At the ceremony of Pope Francis we besides saw Trump with Duda "close relations". However, even if Trump came to Poland before the presidential election, it would not affect how voters will vote," says Michał Wawrykiewicz.
– In modern elections, you can see that this is simply a small different than before. The support of individuals, even authorities, is no longer of specified importance. Voters have wide access to information through social and conventional media, and make their own choices. It is not like individual will point out their preferences at a conference and it will be groundbreaking – he adds.
CPAC as a counterweight for Impact conference in Poznań
However, if the Law and Justice Agency brings CPAC to Poland in May, it will not be the only global conference in Poland at this time. According to unofficial talks between PAP and right-wing politicians, "the CPAC conference is seen as a counterweight to the impact CEE conference's first circular election".
Because on May 14 and 15, the eyes of supporters of Rafał Trzaskowski and another Democratic presidential candidates will be directed to Poznań, where a completely different event will take place. 6,000 participants will participate. There are 650 speakers on 9 scenes.
– This conference brings together democratic and liberal environments, serious planet authorities, including technological ones. I myself will have the chance to participate with Timothy Snyder in the panel, during which there will be discussions about the geopolitical situation. This is simply a huge, gigantic conference that president Barack Obama is coming to – says Michał Wawrykiewicz.
However, it stresses that neither this conference nor this conservative 1 can change the destiny of the elections.
– On the another hand, against the background of specified events you can see the presidential format of Rafał Trzaskowski, who is able to sit with Barack Obama and talk to him as equal to equal. This is his advantage over Karol Nawrocki, who absolutely does not grow to this format and no conference, no convention of a number of American politicians to Poland, will consequence in an increase in his quotations. All the more so, due to the fact that I feel the speech of Rafał Trzaskowski in Poznań as a turning point. His run clearly gained momentum and fresh energy – he comments on the Euro MP.
