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Szymon Holownia, left, head of the Poland 2050 party, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, head of the Polish People's Party, Donald Tusk, center, head of the Civic Coalition, Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, a co-chairman of the New Left party, and Robert Biedron, the other co-chairman of the New Left, sign a coalition agreement, in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday Nov. 10, 2023. The leaders of Polish opposition parties have signed a coalition agreement that lays out a roadmap for governing the nation over the next four years. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s newly elected Parliament meets for the first time

By Monika Scislowska and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Leader of the Polish Civic Coalition Donald Tusk addresses a media conference prior to a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Poland’s Tusk visits Brussels, seeking initiative in repairing ties with EU and unlocking funds

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Opposition party leaders, from left, Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, Szymon Holownia, Donald Tusk and Władyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, announce to reporters that Tusk is their candidate for prime minister and that they are ready to govern together, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023. The parties together won a majority of seats in parliament in an election on Oct. 15. The current conservative nationalist ruling party, Law and Justice, won more votes than any other party but has no coalition partner and no apparent path to keeping power. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opposition groups say Donald Tusk is their candidate for prime minister

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

FILE - Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister addresses supporters at his party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland's voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by an illiberal government, they have had enough. While the conservative ruling Law and Justice party won more votes than any other single party, it lost its majority in parliament and will not hold enough seats to govern the country. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Poland’s voters reject their right-wing government, but many challenges lie ahead

By Monika Scislowska and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Man prepares to cast his vote during parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Poland is holding an election Sunday that many see as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation's democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO's eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine.(AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Poles vote in a high-stakes election that will determine whether right-wing party stays in power

By Monika Scislowska and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Workers hoisting campaign banner of ruling Law and Justice leader and Poland's most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is running in crucial parliamentary election, in Sandomierz, Poland, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. At stake in Sunday's vote are the health of the nation's democracy, strained under the ruling conservative Law and Justice party, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO's eastern flank that has been a crucial ally. The main challenger is centrist Civic Coalition. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland prepares to vote in a high-stakes national election with foreign ties and democracy at stake

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Poland's main opposition leader Donald Tusk speaks to supporters after taking part in an electoral debate in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Leading Polish candidates are holding an energized debate on state TV Monday in which they hope to sway undecided voters, six days before a national election that many Poles believe is the most important one since communism was toppled. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Parties running in Poland’s election hold final campaign rallies as polls suggest a close race

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Historian Dariusz Stola, who worked with the anti-communist underground movement Solidarity in the 1980s, speaks to The Associated Press in his home in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. As a historian and a former dissident, Stola sees parallels between the way the communist authorities and Poland's populist leaders use propaganda and distort the truth for political ends. Concerns about democracy are driving the choice of many Poles as they prepare to vote in a national election Sunday viewed as the most important one since 1989. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Many who struggled against Poland’s communist system feel they are fighting for democracy once again

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Illustration on Poland's self-defense by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Poland has every right to prioritize its own security — and so does the U.S.

By Wilson Beaver

A man puts up election banners for a candidate of the ruling conservative Law and Justice party, including an image of the party leader and Poland's de-facto leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, in Czosnow near Warsaw, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Poles are voting in key parliamentary elections on Sunday that will decide whether Law and Justice wins a third consecutive term, or the pro-European opposition forms the new government. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish government warns of disinformation after fake messages are sent out before election

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

FILE - Poland's Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, right, talks to conscripted tank crews during the Aurora 23 military exercise at the Rinkaby firing range outside Kristianstad, Sweden, Saturday, May 6, 2023. Two top commanders of the armed forces, the Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, and operational commander Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski have tendered their resignations. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Polish generals named to replace top military commanders who resigned in spat with defense minister

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

A small boat with migrants arrives at La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023. EU conversations came as Spain's Marine Rescue service reported Friday Oct. 6, 2023 it had intercepted 262 migrants in three boats approaching the Canary Islands located off the northwest coast of Africa. This week alone, the seven-island archipelago's tiny El Hierro Island, which has a population of some 10,000, has taken in more than 1,200 migrants arriving in open wooden boats that are believed to have departed from Senegal. (Europa Press via AP)

Rifts in Europe over irregular migration remain even after ‘success’ of new EU deal

By Joseph Wilson and Renata Brito - Associated Press

Poland's opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, addressing an election campaign rally in Otwock, Poland, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Tusk is leading a march in Warsaw on Sunday aimed at mobilizing supporters in his against-the-odds battle to unseat the right-wing government in the Oct. 15 parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk says change ‘is inevitable’ as election supporters rally

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Poland's opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, left, and his Civic Platform member, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, right, flash victory signs during an election campaign rally in Otwock, Poland, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Tusk is leading a march in Warsaw on Sunday aimed at mobilizing supporters in his against-the-odds battle to unseat the right-wing government in the Oct. 15 parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Andrzej Duda, president of Poland, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Poland says it wants to pursue hosting 2036 Olympics

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Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talks to journalists as he arrives for the third EU-CELAC summit in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Polish and U.S. officials signed an agreement Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Warsaw for the construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant, part of an effort by the Central European nation to move away from polluting fossil fuels. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant move ahead as U.S., Polish officials sign an agreement

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Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Forum, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Poland accuses Germany of meddling its its affairs by seeking answers on alleged visa scheme

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Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, welcomes President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The Biden administration announced Monday, Sept. 25, that it is offering a $2 billion loan to Poland, which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine, to support the ally's defense modernization. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

U.S. offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2022. Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its biggest backers for its fight against Russia is showing cracks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Cracks in Western wall of support for Ukraine emerge as Eastern Europe, U.S. head toward elections

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Polish director Agnieszka Holland poses with the 'Special Jury Prize' award for 'Zielona Granica' after the closing ceremony for the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press