Daniel Tilles
Opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki has dramatically reduced the gap in polls over the last month.
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Final list of 13 Polish presidential candidates confirmed
The number of candidates is the joint highest to ever stand for the presidency.
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Polish ruling party’s presidential candidate outlines aims on abortion, defence and economy
Trzaskowski pledged to end Poland’s “embarrassment on the international stage and medieval anti-abortion law”.
Tusk announces primary election to choose main ruling party’s presidential candidate
Party members will be able to choose between Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowsk or foreign minister Radosław Sikorski.
Macron, Scholz and Tusk express concern over Georgia elections and call for investigation
The trio called on Georgia to “reverse course” and “repeal recent legislation that runs counter to European values”.
Poland’s constitutional court finds committee investigating pandemic postal elections unconstitutional
However, the current government does not recognise the legitimacy of many TK judges, including some of those who issued yesterday’s ruling.
Why does next year’s Polish presidential election matter so much?
Aleks Szczerbiak
Defeat would scupper the ruling coalition’s chances of governing effectively during the rest of its term of office.
Former ruling PiS party to lose tens of millions of zloty over campaign spending violations
Poland’s electoral commission has rejected PiS’s financial report after identifying spending irregularities.
What do the European Parliament election results tell us about Polish politics?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The results have left neither side satisfied.
Top court confirms former Polish PM violated law trying to organise elections in pandemic
Mateusz Morawiecki issued an order for the 2020 presidential elections to be conducted entirely by post.
Schoolchildren “abducted” to attend opposition campaign event, says Polish education minister
An investigation has been launched and the case will be reported to the police.
Exit poll shows win for Tusk’s KO and far-right taking third place in Poland’s EU elections
If confirmed, the results would be the first time PiS has failed to finish first in an election in Poland since 2014.
Polish Left calls for all dogs to have identity numbers
They say this would help to prevent dogs from becoming homeless.
Ruling coalition “wants to destroy religion and turn people into animals”, says Polish opposition leader
In response, Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Jarosław Kaczyński of using similar rhetoric to Putin.
