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Authorities stamp on Poles’ protest as election looms
The unusually harsh police response to anti-lockdown protesters suggests PiS nerves as Duda’s support starts to fall
PolandKarslruhe court will reinforce eastern EU dissidents
German Constitutional Court’s ruling against ECB bond-buying has emboldened Polish politicians resisting EU authority
PolandPoland’s constitutional system will bow to politics
Party advantage has trumped the constitutional safeguard of a set date for holding the presidential election
PolandPolish ruling party risks majority with election plan
Junior coalition party could precipitate crisis if it presses its objections to holding postal presidential election
PolandPiS dominance of Poland may extend to culture
Changes in cultural institutions are a symptom of PiS’s wider monopolisation of the Polish state
PolandWarsaw hopes to re-elect Duda amid return to normal
Warsaw will calculate carefully how far and how fast it can lift anti-viral restrictions on daily life as election nears
PolandCOVID-19 crisis will raise EU-Central European tension
Central European institutions have joined euro-area counterparts in aggressive monetary and fiscal easing
EUPolish presidential poll will go ahead despite virus
Making the presidential vote all-postal to maintain social distancing is questionable in terms of democracy
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