Polish monarchy after Cold War ?

Could a represantive Polish monarchy after 1990 be possible ? Maybe as a stabilizing medium for the acceptance of democracy ? Would it be elective or inheritance ? Which royal houses could be the right candidates ?
 
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Who would be even intrested about kingship? And king should even speak Polish. And monarchism was dead already. Poland was whole 20th century republic so there not be even any idea monarch restoration. So answer is no. Poland not become monarchy after Cold War.
 
I doubt that's going to happen...
Even in places where there was monarchy pre-Communism, you didn't actually see restorations...
And besides, even if Poland became a monarchy post-Cold War, the monarch wouldn't do jack shit...
Like basically almost any other monarchy in Europe...
 
Well, in 1939 Polish Prime Minister in exile, general Władysław Sikorski asked the duke of Kent if he was interested in becoming a king of a Polish-Czechoslovakian confederation. But I do not think anyone really imprtatn took it too seriously.
 
A post 1990 restoration is unlikely. IIRC last time Poland had a "independent" king was Frederick Augustus of Saxony, and that was over by 1815. A couple of countries in Europe did consider nominal restorations after the fall of the Iron Curtain (Romania and Bulgaria are the ones I'm familiar with) but they were rejected. The monarchy as a stabilizing influence in a transition is a decent idea, and I think that was the logic behind what happened in post-Franco Spain. But Spain had its own monarchy in the 20th century, while Poland didn't (no way they invite in a Romanov or Hapsburg). Either Poland decides to create its own royal dynasty-something that AFAIK hasn't happened after 1939 outside Central Africa-or they import some random European noble. Neither is going to be at all popular in newly democratic Poland. As for an elective monarchy, in modern terms that would essentially be a presidential system like France or Russia (both have fairly strong constitutional powers for the presidency).
 
Yeah, the problem is, who is a monarch supposed to appeal to?

-The West has no interest in spreading monarchy by this point (and most of the main players aren't monarchies, even within Europe), so it wouldn't appeal to Poland's new foreign allies/benefactors
-The anti-communist movement in Poland had never been monarchist, so they wouldn't want to impose one.
-The remaining communist sympathizers obviously wouldn't be monarchist
-There is no indigenous monarchy or monarch-in-exile, so there isn't even a group of that sort.

So it won't be a unifying factor, anymore than Emperor Bokassa declaring himself Emperor of the Central African Empire did anything to solidify his nation.
 
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