Poland strikes to delay presidential election

The choice is a major retreat for Kaczyński, who had pushed onerous to carry the election this Sunday, with the incumbent Andrzej Duda, backed by PiS, closely favored to win.

Strain to stay to the Might 10 date regardless of the pandemic, a scarcity of preparation for a postal poll and legally doubtful rules threatened to splinter the ruling coalition, and elevated worries within the EU that Poland was sliding farther from the bloc’s democratic guidelines.