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Any decision to run together in the October national polls will ultimately be taken in Warsaw - but if the decision is not to unite, the European Left and the Greens will end up paying a hefty price (Photo: Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Polish Left need to unite for October election

The recent elections to the European Parliament showed that there is potential for a fully-fledged Green-Left progressive political movement in Poland.

Two political parties, SLD (Union of Democratic Left) and Wiosna (Spring), both aligned to the EU's Socialists & Democrats (S&D), managed together to get eight MEPs elected.

While two other parties, Razem (Together, in the GUE/NGL) and Zieloni (Greens, Greens/EFA), despite no...

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Bartek Lech is a political analyst, associated with the Polish Left and the Greens since 2003, and a former advisor in the European Parliament and recently democratisation consultant working with international organisations such as the OSCE and the Carter Center.

Any decision to run together in the October national polls will ultimately be taken in Warsaw - but if the decision is not to unite, the European Left and the Greens will end up paying a hefty price (Photo: Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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Bartek Lech is a political analyst, associated with the Polish Left and the Greens since 2003, and a former advisor in the European Parliament and recently democratisation consultant working with international organisations such as the OSCE and the Carter Center.

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