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Victory for the opposition could potentially redefine the relationship between Brussels and the largest EU member state in central and eastern Europe

Projections show that the majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported opposition parties.

After a bitter and emotional campaign, voters turned out in droves on Sunday to make their voices known. Final results are expected Tuesday.

Opposition parties have vowed to repair the nation’s constitutional order and its relationship with the European Union and Ukraine.

The ruling party is on course to lose its majority - and an opposition coalition has the numbers to replace it.

The most likely coalition partner for PiS had been Confederation, a far-right party that has called for an end to Poland’s large-scale assistance for Ukraine and has campaigned on a strongly anti-migrant platform.

WARSAW, Poland -- Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk said that three opposition parties had sufficient votes to win the general election on Sunday after an exit poll projected that they had enough combined support to oust Law and Justice, the governing conservative nationalist party.

The right-wing populist Law and Justice party is on course to win most seats in Poland's general election, an exit poll suggests, but is...

New Zealand’s opposition secured a parliamentary election as well. The National Party gained 39% of the vote (50 seats; +16) compared to 23% for the ruling Labour party (34 seats; ‐28). Christopher Luxon’s National Party is likely to team up with ACT New Zealand (11 seats; +1) and NZ First (8 seats; +8) to get control in the 120‐seat NZ parliament. All three likely participants campaigned on cutting government spending and getting tougher on criminals and welfare beneficiaries while the...

The nearly decade-long 'nightmare' LGBTQ+ Poles have lived under the ruling right-wing party could be over after Sunday's election.