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France 24
Armen GEORGIAN

Poland-Belarus migrant tensions play into EU election campaign

EUROPE VOTES © FRANCE 24

In Poland, officials say the number of attempted illegal border crossings from Belarus has shot up. The ruling Civic Platform – which is in a tight election race with the former governing party, Law and Justice – says Belarus and Russia are using migrants as a tool of hybrid war against Poland, something Minsk and Moscow deny. We look at how the issue is playing out in the election campaign, and at the election opinion polls in Poland.

In this edition of Euope votes, FRANCE 24's Sophie Samaille, Luke Brown and Aurore Dupuis tell us what the main priorities of the next European parliament are likely to be.

In our Everyday Europe segment, Luke Brown looks at EU efforts to give old household objects a new lease of life – and reduce waste in the process.

And Clovis Casali reports on the housing crisis in Ireland, which is a big issue in the election campaign.

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