Editorial photo #13942019 Politics

Konfederacja Launches Krakow Mayoral Campaign With Health Crisis Protest

KRAKOW, POLAND - JULY 8: New Hope (Nowa Nadzieja) party chairman Slawomir Mentzen wields a large sledgehammer as he prepares to smash a symbolic brick wall labeled 'Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia' (National Health Fund) during a Konfederacja press conference outside the Gabriel Narutowicz Municipal Specialist Hospital in Krakow, Poland, July 8, 2026. The theatrical demonstration visually staged the coalition's policy goal of dismantling the state healthcare monopoly to launch a single-day campaign blitz supporting Bartosz Bochenczak's snap mayoral election bid. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #13942019
Date taken: 8 July 2026
Location: —
Photographer: Artur Widak/NurPhoto
Category: Politics

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