After 1989, East European Communists transformed into social-democrats. Those who survived lustration remained in politics at home through the 1990s and early 2000s.
“Polish leftists on the background of leftist parties in West European countries, for example, France, are significantly more rightist. If you compare the Communist Party of France to the Polish Democratic Left Alliance, the direct successor of the Polish United Workers’ Party, the latter is ideologically more rightist,” – says Pawel Fleischer, a Polish researcher.
Source: https://ukrainianweek.com/World/121952
