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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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Tusk celebrates potential win over ruling nationalists in Poland election

Poland should see official election results from Monday but exit polls suggest an end to eight years of nationalist rule

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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

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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

Poland votes in key election amid rising nationalism, Ukraine war

Ruling conservative nationalist party is pitted against an opposition that accuses the government of eroding democracy.

Al Jazeera

Extreme right poised to play kingmaker in Poland's elections

Poland goes to the polls on Sunday for a contest that pits the ruling nationalistic PiS party against the liberal opposition Civic Coalition. Neither side stands to win an absolute majority, with the ultra-nationalist Confederation party on track to play kingmaker – an outcome that could affect Warsaw's relationship with…

Radio France Internationale

Poles vote as PiS hopes to win third term and fend off Tusk-led opposition

Ability of populists or Civic Coalition to form a government is likely to depend on other, smaller parties

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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

Deeply polarised Poland heads to election: Your simple guide to the vote

Warsaw heads to the polls on Sunday after a bitter campaign featuring rising nationalism and divisions over Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Democracy hangs in the balance as Poles go to the polls in decisive election

The one thing almost everyone in Poland seems to agree on is that Sunday's elections are the most important the country has held since 1989 and the fall of communism. And they're on a knife-edge. The ruling nationalist Law and Justice party, known by its Polish acronym PiS, is aiming…

France 24

How Konfederacja Became Poland’s Kingmaker

A far-right, anti-establishment party is already forcing a change in Warsaw’s Ukraine policy, and it will influence the next government whether it joins a coalition…

Foreign Policy

Record number of Poles abroad register to vote in election

Total surpasses 600,000 as polls suggest close-run race with PiS seeking third term in power

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Poland’s election: democracy on the line

Editorial: Victory and a third term for the radical right Law and Justice party would give it the chance to complete an illiberal takeover of the state

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Two of Poland’s top military commanders resign days before election

Resignations of chief of general staff and operational commander are blow to PiS party

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Poland election: army confirms resignation of top generals in blow to ruling party – as it happened

Two senior military commanders resign just days before crucial election in which conservative ruling party faces Donald Tusk’s opposition

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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

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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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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

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From France to Italy, Hungary to Sweden, voting intentions track the far-right's rise in Europe

A little over a year since leader of Fratelli d'Italia Georgia Meloni rose to power in Italy, the latest data spells out a clear message: she is not the only ultraright politician surfing on voters’ anxieties. In fact, we may be entering a new cycle of far-right extremism across the…

The Guardian - UK

Poland’s PiS party puts country at loggerheads with Germany as poll looms

Ruling party portrays opposition leader Donald Tusk as subservient to Berlin in run-up to 15 October election

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

Radio France Internationale

Will aid to Ukraine shrink after elections in Eastern Europe?

In Slovakia, a populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and Nato will be tasked with forming a new government after winning weekend elections. Meanwhile, Poland is about to go to the polls, with the opposition rallying hard to try and…

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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.

The Guardian - UK

Opposition leader Donald Tusk cheered by crowds at Warsaw election rally

Large parts of Poland’s capital come to standstill as Tusk tells supporters ‘change for the better is inevitable’

The Guardian - UK

Poland’s opposition hopes huge rally in Warsaw will swing election

Donald Tusk says his ‘march of a million hearts’ is the last chance to save democracy in the country

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