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Warsaw: According to sociological research, around 20 percent of Poles hold nationalist views (Photo: DrabikPany)

No political fuel for Poland's far-right

Last year, on Polish Independence Day, 11 November, tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of Warsaw shouting "Pride, national pride" and "Hit the red scum with a hammer and sickle".

Young couples with children walked shoulder to shoulder with football hooligans, all wearing red-and-white scarves, the colours of the Polish flag.

Soon the families disappeared and the demonstrators clashed with the police. They burnt down the Warsaw Rainbow, an artistic installation...

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Warsaw: According to sociological research, around 20 percent of Poles hold nationalist views (Photo: DrabikPany)

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