Former wunderkind Hołownia emerges as risky weak link for Tusk’s Polish coalition

Hołownia’s party is key to Tusk’s majority but he is having to hit back at suggestions he is flirting with the right-wing opposition.

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Tusk’s coalition partners split ahead of next election

The Polish People’s Party and Poland 2050 are going their separate ways, but neither is leaving the country’s government.

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How to watch the Polish presidential election like a pro

The decisive vote will have a dramatic impact far beyond the country.

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Poland’s rule of law ‘is on the ballot’ in Sunday’s presidential election

Incumbent President Andrzej Duda has been able to block most of the government’s efforts to restore the rule of law. That could change after Sunday’s vote.

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Poland’s changing population mix turns political

Poland used to be one of the world’s most ethnically homogenous countries. That’s no longer the case.

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Orbán infuriates Warsaw by granting political asylum to former Polish minister

Poland’s foreign ministry calls the Hungarian government’s decision a “hostile” step and an “insult” to Polish authorities.

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Trump enthralls Poland’s right-wing populists

Republican candidate’s victory in U.S. is giving Poland’s Law and Justice party hope it can prevail in their country’s presidential vote next year.

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Fratricide: How Poland and Hungary went from friends to foes

Hungarians and Poles traditionally see each other as brothers, but that relationship is collapsing as the capitals move in very different political directions.

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Playing with ‘electoral rocket fuel’: How Poland’s Donald Tusk hopes to weaponize migration

Toughening rules for asylum seekers is an effort to defang far-right parties ahead of next year’s presidential election.

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Polish ex-MEP arrested over nephew’s private university scandal

The country’s new government under PM Donald Tusk has pushed for lawmakers from the former ruling Law and Justice party to face prosecution for corruption.

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