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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

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

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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…

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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

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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

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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.

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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’

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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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All eyes in Europe are focused on Poland’s divisive election fight. But it’s not a pretty sight

The bitter struggle to unseat Warsaw’s hard-right government foreshadows a wider struggle throughout the EU

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Migration ‘used to mobilise voters’ ahead of elections in Slovakia and Poland

Migration has become a hot-button issue in Slovakia and Poland ahead of upcoming elections on September 30 and October 15, with politicians evoking the hotly debated topic to galvanise voters and governments reintroducing border checks in the region.

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Poland’s ruling party pivots away from Ukraine in attempt to shore up votes

PiS party is hoping to gain traction before 15 October election despite strong anti-Russian sentiment

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‘A perfect storm brewing’: how anti-establishment politicians could challenge Europe this autumn

Range of parties look likely to play a significant role in elections in Slovakia, Poland and the Netherlands

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Nationalist, populist, far-right parties eye rising support across Europe

A backlash against immigration, LGBTQ rights, abortion and support for Ukraine is unfolding across the continent.

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Poland gripped by febrile pre-election atmosphere as mud-slinging intensifies

Polarised politics is nothing new in the eastern European country but October’s poll may have wide-ranging consequences

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Will Europe’s centre-right parties accept defeat or sell their souls to the hard right?

Progressive policies are at stake as conservatives attempt to forge alliances in the European parliament with extreme nationalists, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Week

Poles apart: the EU and Poland tensions threatening to boil over

Poland’s increasingly fractious relationship with the EU is dominating the county’s political debate as voters prepare to head to the polls.

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Polish prime minister to hold referendum on EU’s immigration plan

Mateusz Morawiecki to ask voters if they want to accept ‘thousands of illegal immigrants’ under the bloc’s proposed new rules

The Independent UK

Poland's ruling party wants a referendum on the sell-off of state assets

Poland’s ruling party leader says Polish voters will be asked to vote on whether they support the sell-off of state-owned enterprises in a referendum

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President Duda sets Poland parliamentary election date for October 15

Polls for the parliament’s upper and lower houses come amid rising tensions on country’s eastern borders.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: what young Poles think about their nation's role – here's what our survey shows

Of the 8 million Ukrainian refugees registered in Europe, some 1.6 million are now in Poland. They have joined another 1.5-2 million who arrived after the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. Ukraine’s two main languages, Ukrainian and Russian, are now heard everywhere in Poland.

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