Poland election: Exit poll suggests Law and Justice defeat
Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) is predicted to lose its majority to the Civic Coalition lead by former European Council president Donald Tusk.
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00:00 Poland looks set to welcome a new government after nearly eight years of right-wing Confederation
00:07 Party rule.
00:08 The Law and Justice Party won the most votes in Sunday's parliamentary election, but exit
00:13 polls suggest the opposition leader, Donald Tusk, should be able to form a majority with
00:18 two other parties.
00:20 The Civic Coalition leader previously held office for seven years.
00:24 "I'm very happy with the results and I believe that Poland will be closer to Europe and that
00:31 we will be more serious in Europe and that good times will return, not the Middle Ages that
00:38 were."
00:39 "I'm disappointed with the results, but I accept a democratic election.
00:44 We don't have the results yet, they were only polls, but they show a democratic opposition
00:50 and I believe that my party is also democratic.
00:57 I voted for PiS."
01:00 The full results of the election should be known by Tuesday.
01:04 Relations between Warsaw and the EU have soured in recent years.
01:09 Poland's judicial reforms violated EU law and the ruling party has been criticised for
01:15 its anti-migrant position.
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