Daniel Tilles
Sławomir Mentzen has led an effective campaign and is detoxifying his party.
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Joshua Coe
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Why has migration developed into a major issue in the Polish election?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The issue has become a double-edged sword for PiS but could help mobilise its voters.
Twelve quotes from Poland’s TV election debate
Agata Pyka
It was the only time during the campaign that the six main groups standing in the elections have met on stage.
Polish diaspora hopes its overseas votes can swing Poland’s close-run election
Katarzyna Skiba
A record number of Poles have registered to vote abroad.
Poland’s election in charts
Alicja Ptak
Three decades of Poland’s economic, social and democratic development.
Left and far right fight over Poland’s disaffected young voters
Roman Broszkowski
After 23 years of alternating rule between the PiS and PO, many are frustrated.
The VoiCEE podcast: Slovak parliamentary elections and how it will impact CEE and support for Ukraine
Adrien Beauduin
How will the ruling party’s multiple referendums initiative affect the Polish election?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The referendums put the opposition in a difficult position.
Polish ruling party turns elections into referendum on Tusk
Daniel Tilles
Kaczyński is relishing the battle with his old foe, but it is likely to help neither the ruling party nor opposition.
Could the migration issue swing this year’s Polish election?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Migration may play a decisive role, although the main beneficiary could be the radical right.
Opposition Third Way coalition at a crossroads ahead of Poland’s elections
Krzysztof Mularczyk
The alliance of PSL and Poland 2050 faces tough choices amid falling support.
“You can have sex after you get married”: how sex ed is taught in Polish schools
Anna Hackett
Sex education has become a political battleground amid Poland’s election campaign.
Can the opposition win this year’s Polish election?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Poland could be heading for an unstable minority government propped up by the far right.
