Polish PM set for second election victory
Copy from The Independent - Monday, 10 October 2011
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The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk appears to have won a second term in office
for his centrist, pro-European Civic Platform party in Sunday's elections, a historic
first in the country's post-communist era.
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One exit poll gave Tusk's party nearly 40 per cent support, well ahead of its main
challenger, the conservative Law and Justice party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
The poll, by the TNS OBOP institute, showed Kaczynski's party winning 30 per cent
of the votes.
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A new left-wing party, Palikot's Movement, was in third place with 10 per cent.
Led by entrepreneur and maverick lawmaker Janusz Palikot, the party has been
the surprise of the election, gaining popularity on promises to fight the power
of the Roman Catholic church, support gay rights and legalise marijuana.
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"It is amazing that millions of Poles want a secular, friendly, civic and social
state," Mr Palikot said.
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Mr Tusk's apparent victory comes after four years of impressive economic growth.
The country managed to keep growing even in 2009,
when the rest of the EU fell into recession.
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Vad underbart att demokrati fungerar.
Vad skönt att de pro kyrkiga konservativa typer backar.
Vad skönt att en framgångsrik företagare (han ägde 70% av Polens spritbrännerier)
vågade höja rösten mot kyrkan.
Vad bra att Polen fungerar som en demokrati och en blivande ekonomisk makt.
En framgångsrik saga som ser ut att fortsätta.
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