Poland’s political parties turn to mud-slinging as election nears

Polarised politics is nothing new in the eastern European country but October’s poll may have wide-ranging consequences

In just the first week of campaigning for Poland’s parliamentary elections, which will take place on 14 October, there have been allegations of politically manipulated interest rate cuts, the firing of a deputy foreign minister after visas were allegedly sold to people outside the EU and the publication of a Senate commission report claiming that intelligence services illegally used spyware to monitor opposition politicians around the time of the 2015 polls.

Allegations of foreign interference have been made against Russia and Germany, the latter accused by government ministers of trying to manipulate voters who support Donald Tusk’s opposition party, Civic Platform.

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