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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 85 points 11 months ago

Finally some good news.

This a big deal. Thank you Poland, so very much.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 73 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Can't believe nobody posted about Poland yet! Huge win for democracy and possibly the largest turnout for an election in their history.

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 43 points 11 months ago (3 children)

This could be insanely important for the European Union if Poland isn't blocking sanctions against Hungary by default anymore.

But it wouldn't be surprised if Italy is taking their spot in protecting antidemocratic populism now...

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Slovakia's taking their spot.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 points 11 months ago

No, Italy badly needs the European funds and can't give up on them just to prove a point

[–] livedeified@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

go Poland! 🎉 (with such a cool name, dude needs a mastodon account)

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Fun fact - in polish his name is pronounced "toosk".

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

Amazing news!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Um exit polls? Isn't this a little premature?

[–] Dangdoggo@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago

Depends on what the results say and the amount of people polled but it is possible to call it on exit polls alone if the margin is wide enough

[–] BurnedOliveTree@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Exit polls in Poland are usually pretty close to the final result

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So to be clear here, no one party has a majority, so it would have to be a coalition.

Even then, they don't have a big enough majority to overturn a presidential veto.

Source (BBC)

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I did a little searching around but don't understand for sure - so Duda is on a different election schedule and stays in power until 2025, is that right? But then he can't run again?

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 2 points 11 months ago

Most of my knowledge of Polish politics came from the article I linked I'm afraid 🤷‍♂️

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago