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Poland's PiS party tops local elections
By EUobserver
Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party came top in local council elections on Sunday, taking 32.3 percent of the votes, according to exit polls. The coalition of opposition parties took 24.7 percent and had its pro-EU candidate, Rafal Trzaskowski, elected mayor of capital Warsaw with 54.1 percent of the vote. PiS saw overall strong support in rural areas, while big cities backed the pro-EU Civic Platform opposition.