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Many believe that if the incumbent Polish president, Andrzej Duda, loses it would shorten the life expectancy of the PiS government (Photo: Grzegorz Jakubowski/KPRP)

Race to the bottom: all Polish election outcomes are bad

The presidential electoral race originally scheduled for 10 May in Poland is the climax point in the history of this government.

The Covid-19 pandemic has enabled the party of Jarosław Kaczyński to attempt a final power grab that has been in the making for the last five years.

At first sight, it looks like a defensive strategy. In the semi-presidential system, the president's office holds powers to veto nearly any law unless th...

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