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Poland’s pro-EU opposition poised for victory over ruling nationalist PiS party

The flags of the European Union, Poland and the city of Warsaw hang in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday December 9, 2020. © Czarek Sokolowski, AP

The majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported opposition parties that promised to reverse democratic backsliding and repair the nation’s relationship with allies, including the European Union and Ukraine, near-complete results showed Monday.

The result was a disappointment for the ruling Law and Justice party and its leader Jarosław Kaczyński, who have governed Poland for eight years with a conservative, nationalist and sometimes anti-EU agenda.

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