The march has become one of the largest such demonstration in Europe, and on Saturday it drew far-right leaders from elsewhere in Europe, including Tommy Robinson from Britain and Roberto Fiore from Italy. Many were young men, some with their faces covered or with beer bottles in hand, but families and older Poles also participated. Some participants expressed sympathy for xenophobic or white supremacist ideas, with one banner reading, “White Europe of brotherly nations.”. But the march has become the largest Independence Day event in recent years, overshadowing official state observances and other patriotic events. Earlier in the day, President Andrzej Duda presided over state ceremonies also attended by European Union president Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister. Follow Ynetnews on and The far-right march was one of many events marking Poland’s rebirth as a nation in 1918 after being wiped off the map for 123 years.Tens of thousands of nationalists marched in a demonstration organized by far-right groups in Warsaw Saturday, as white supremacist Poles celebrating Independence Day chanted xenophobic slogans.
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