Poland tightens grip under COVID-19 lockdown, pushes for elections to go ahead

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While many governments have postponed elections, Poland’s are just a week away. Polish opposition in parliament says the presidential elections need to be postponed because of the COVID-19 lockdown. But the right-wing ruling party, Law and Justice or PiS, is pushing for elections to continue on May 10 with a bit of a catch — they want the vote to be held entirely by postal ballot. Host Marco Werman speaks with Wojciech Przybylski, editor-in-chief of the Central European think tank Visegrad Insight in Poland. 

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