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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9035

27 September 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/poland
Poland to have right-wing government but name of prime minister remains unknown till after presidential election on 9 October

Brussels, 26/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - Catholic conservatives from “Law and Justice” (PiS) and the Liberals from the “Civic Platform” (Po) are undisputed winners in the Polish elections of 25 September. After counting 90% of the vote, it was clear that they had together managed to take 300 seats out of the 460 at the Diete. The Social Democrats, the winners in the general elections of 2001 only got 50 seats. The elections were marked by the lowest turnout in an election since the...

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