LGBTQ+ activists in Poland are celebrating after its far-right leadership failed to win enough seats to form a majority. Pictured, is a Pride parade in Krakow, Poland on 20 May 2023.
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Poland’s right-wing government appears to have lost its majority after the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday (15 October).
If the results predicted by exit polls hold, the anti-LGBTQ+ Law and Justice party, which has governed Poland since 2015, has not won enough votes to form a majority government, Associated Press reported.
The election, which garnered a record turnout of a projected 72.9 percent, is predicted to see the right-wing Law and Justice party win more seats than any other party, but not enough seats to be able to form a majority.
According to exit polls, Law and Justice will obtain 200 parliamentary seats, while three opposition parties are predicted to win a combined 248 seats.
Donald Tusk, former European Union president and now leader of Civic Coalition, which won 31.6 percent of votes according to exit polls, said the predicted results mark “the end of the bad time”.
“I have been a politician for many years. I’m an athlete. Never in my life have I been so happy about taking seemingly second place,” Tusk told supporters.
“Poland won. Democracy has won. We have removed them from power. [continue...]
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