Posted on 10/15/2023 4:51:57 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
WARSAW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Poland's incumbent Law and Justice (PiS) party was narrowly ahead in Sunday's general election, exit polls showed, but the liberal opposition appeared to secure a majority, raising the possibility of an end to eight years of nationalist rule.
If the outcome is confirmed by official results, the vote would mark a massive turnaround for Warsaw, which has feuded with the European Union over the rule of law, media freedom, migration and LGBT rights since PiS came to power in 2015.
With war raging in neighbouring Ukraine and a migrant crisis brewing, Brussels and Washington have been watching the vote closely, although both PiS and its mainstream opposition support NATO-member Poland's key role in providing military and logistical support to Kyiv.
The Ipsos exit poll gave PiS 36.8% of the vote, which would translate into 200 lawmakers in the 460-seat parliament.
Opposition parties, led by the liberal Civic Coalition (KO), were projected to together win 248 seats, with the KO seen winning 31.6% of ballots cast.
Partial official results were due to be published on Monday.
KO leader Donald Tusk, 66, a former European Council president, has vowed to mend Warsaw's relations with Brussels, undo PiS reforms and hold its leaders to account.
"Democracy has won ... This is the end of the PiS government," a jubilant Tusk told party members on Sunday evening.
If official results confirm the exit poll, Tusk and his allies from the centre-right Third Way and the New Left may have to wait weeks or even months before getting a turn at forming a government...
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Not good.
Proving once again that stupid just can’t be fixed.
Ping for those who may be interested in this bit of Poland election news.
Did Dominion “count” the votes?
leader Donald Tusk, 66, a former European Council president, has vowed to mend Warsaw’s relations with Brussels, undo PiS reforms and hold its leaders to account.
“hold to account.” Where have we heard this before?
It’s a worldwide movement which will result in a worldwide war eventually. Or Communist ruling the world which is their end goal.
Just 4 YEARS with leftist traitors in power can utterly transform Poland forever...through forced Islamic mass migration. That is what is coming, unless the Polish Army rebels at the border and the people rise up against it. But this stupid vote is not a great start. I can only imagine Polish women are responsible for this disaster, as women typically are in the willful suicide of the West.
Yep.
About all they'll get is ditching the judicial reforms. Of course then the courts may go full globohomo, but I'm not certain.
Poland has been quite firm in refusing to take in peaceful Muslim invaders.
I suppose that will now end, leaving Hungary alone to stem the tide.
Ditto that. Most the pity for Poland.
They’ll flood Poland with refugees, go green, etc. Guess those old jokes weren’t far from the truth after all. Sad,
Elections stolen by the left the world over.
The right in both Poland and Hungary are hurting due to their anti-Ukraine/pro-Russia positions. Regardless of party, a lot of their people are scared/terrified of Russia and they want Russia stopped and not appeased. This much is not a partisan issue for most Eastern Europeans.
And I say this as someone who has long supported both conservative governments.
bad news.
Exit polls? Let’s wait and see.
From 2020...
https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-pis-rams-through-electoral-system-changes/
https://www.ifes.org/tools-resources/faqs/elections-poland-2023-parliamentary-elections
Oh, boy. 😒
“ The right in both Poland and Hungary are hurting due to their anti-Ukraine/pro-Russia positions. Regardless of party, a lot of their people are scared/terrified of Russia and they want Russia stopped and not appeased. This much is not a partisan issue for most Eastern Europeans.”
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Oh, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA. Just in time to let tens of thousands of Gazan “refugees” in. Wonderful! /sarc
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