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As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight

LGBTQ+ and abortion rights advocates are thrilled Poland's ruling, right-wing Law and Justice party is unlikely to form Poland's next government. But they are skeptical of the commitment of who will.

WEKU

Poland election: final results suggest opposition parties could form Tusk-led coalition – Europe live

Ruling Law and Justice party secured most votes but it appears likely Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition will be able to form a government

The Guardian - UK

Poland votes for change after nearly a decade spent sliding towards autocracy – but tricky coalition talks lie ahead for Donald Tusk

People were seen queuing in long lines outside polling stations in what appears to have been an election with record-breaking turnout (74.31%) in Poland. Now it seems the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) is on the way out of government. Although PiS came away with the highest percentage of…

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

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.

France 24

Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk declares election victory

Opposition parties are thought to have won enough votes in the parliamentary election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party

Evening Standard

Polish opposition eyes power after ruling nationalists fail to win majority

Poland's ruling nationalists appear to have won the most seats in Sunday's general election, but lost their parliamentary majority, potentially opening the way for opposition parties to seize power in what would be a huge political shift.

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Poland's opposition leader Tusk declares win as exit polls show conservatives losing majority

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday's parliamentary election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party.

France 24

Poland exit polls: Donald Tusk claims victory based on coalition hopes

Civic Coalition expected to have got fewer votes than ruling Law and Justice party but is likely to ally with other parties

The Guardian - UK

Poland election: opposition claims win after strong exit poll result – as it happened

Polls put ruling PiS in first place but suggest route to government for opposition coalition led by Donald Tusk’s party

The Guardian - UK

Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win as ruling conservatives lose majority

At stake are Poland's legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

WEKU

Poland election race too close to call as voters prepare to go to polls

Law and Justice seeking third term in power on Sunday but faces stiff challenge from coalition led by Donald Tusk

The Guardian - UK

Final rallies held in Poland as tight parliamentary race draws to a close

The main party leaders facing off in Poland’s upcoming parliamentary election called on voters to give their respective parties winning support as they held final campaign rallies Friday. Opinion polls suggested a close race.

France 24

Parties running in Poland's Sunday parliamentary election hold final campaign rallies

Party leaders competing in Poland's upcoming key parliamentary elections are holding their final campaign rallies in hopes of attracting new voters as opinion polls suggest a close race

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Agnieszka Holland: Poland ‘orchestrated campaign’ against Green Border

Agnieszka Holland, whose refugee drama Green Border has been attacked by politicians, talks to Al Jazeera.

The Independent UK

Leading Polish candidates to debate on state TV six days before national election

Leading Polish candidates are gearing up for a debate seen as a chance to sway undecided voters six days before an election many Poles believe is the most important one since communism was toppled in 1989

The Guardian - UK

Poland’s TV’s ‘propaganda’ under scrutiny as bitterly polarised election looms

With the outcome of next week’s poll too close to call, critics fear the effect of a barrage of media support for populist ruling party

The Guardian - UK

EU veteran Tusk heads into final week of battle to steer Poland from populism

Election is contest between Law and Justice party and politician it claims represents malevolent foreign forces

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Thousands of people gathered for a march supporting the opposition against the governing Law and Justice party in Warsaw.

The Guardian - UK

Poland was Ukraine’s staunchest ally. Why is it now turning into a bitter rival?

War fatigue has set in – and nationalist populists are stoking cross-border enmity in a brutal campaign for re-election, say authors Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz

The Guardian - UK

Polish elections: who are the key players and what is at stake?

Tusk-led Civic Platform aims to unseat nationalist Law and Justice party in bitterly contested ballot

The Independent UK

EU demands answers from Poland about visa fraud allegations

A senior European Union official says Poland must provide answers about allegations that temporary worker visas were sold to thousands of migrants

The Guardian - UK

Nobel laureate urges Polish opposition to commit to progressive causes

Exclusive: Olga Tokarczuk’s comments come in rare political interview two weeks before potentially pivotal election

The Guardian - UK

Beatings, dog bites, and barbed wire: life and death on the Poland-Belarus border

Activists helping people in forested grey zone say dehumanisation of migrants is increasing as Polish election draws nearer

WEKU

Poland's dangerous eastern border takes center stage in upcoming elections

The NATO and EU member borders Belarus, the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and Ukraine — plus a strip of land connecting it to Lithuania. It is an unstable and volatile mix of frontiers.

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