However, Germany’s interior minister insists that the practice will continue.
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Poland’s presidential election run-off in charts
Alicja Ptak
How did voters split by age, sex and education – and how did eliminated candidates’ supporters vote?
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Polish opposition seeks 120,000 monitors to stop government “stealing” presidential election
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Russian Wagner Group recruiters handed jail sentences in Poland
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