Polish prime minister gambles on snap poll

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Source: The Guardian

Poland is to hold a snap general election next month, less than two years after the nationalist prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, launched his "moral revolution" to purge the country of post-communist sleaze.

With the populist minority government hit by mudslinging and paralysis, the lower house voted last night to disband parliament, setting the scene for early elections. It is Mr Kaczynski's plan to hold elections less than halfway through his four-year term. He may have engineered his own downfall, since few observers believe he can build a stable governing coalition.

But Mr Kaczynski clearly believes he can win a fresh term, entrench himself in power, and step up the nationalist campaign that has seen him accused of witchhunts at home and earned Poland a reputation as the EU's most unruly member.
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Opinion polls this summer have consistently shown the main opposition, the liberal-conservative Civic Platform, up to 10 points ahead of Law and Justice.

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