Over the last eight years, the Polish government has taken control of the country’s public radio and television sector, stripped power from the judiciary and introduced a near total ban on abortion. This Sunday, the Polish public will decide if the ruling party deserves a third term in office. Polls predict it will be a tightly fought contest between the ruling Law and Justice party and the main opposition coalition led by Donald Tusk. And as The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports getting unbiased news about the election inside Poland is not that easy.
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