Resurgent liberals face off against Polish power twins in snap poll
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Poles began voting Sunday in a snap parliamentary election, with a resurgent pro-business party striving to end two years of often combative conservative rule by the identical Kaczynski twins.
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Poland's ruling Kaczynski twins risk  losing control of the government in a closely fought election  on Sunday that will have implications beyond the borders of the  European Union's biggest former communist state.
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Thousands of people hold rival demonstrations in Warsaw for and against the Polish government.
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In Poland, the mood is mixed. Three of four Poles questioned by The Associated Press said they would not vote even if they could.
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Poles voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could weaken the grip of the conservative Kaczynski twins and bring in a government ready to speed up economic reforms and improve relations with EU allies.
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Poland's capital has got its first woman mayor, liberal Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, after voters dealt a blow to the conservative government of identical twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski.Comment
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Poland vowed on Friday to reopen debate on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants on voting rights, clashing again with European partners who say those discussions are over.
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Poland's parliament called an early election on Friday that will pit the ruling conservative Kaczynski brothers against a pro-business opposition party.
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Poland&#39;s parliament is widely expected  to pass a motion on Friday triggering an early election pitting  the ruling conservative Kaczynski brothers against the main,  pro-business opposition party.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, seen here in August 2006. Poland is braced for rival demonstrations planned by members of the governing conservatives and liberal opposition as the country's tumultuous ...Comment
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Poland vowed on Friday to reopen debate  on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants  on voting rights, clashing again with European partners who say  those discussions are over.
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WARSAW (International Herald Tribune) - The text message spread with viral speed among the cellphones of Polish teens. With national parliamentary elections coming up Sunday, kids had a clear mission: "Steal your grandmother's ID," the text jokingly implored. The message referred to the conventional wisdom here that conservative older women put the ruling Law and Justice Party and the Kaczynski brothers - the notorious twins with the round faces of aging cherubs who are prime minister and president - into office. Without their identity cards, the grandmothers would not be able to vote. If granny does not vote, the government could be driven from office.  Teenagers guffawed. The Kaczynskis fumed. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said that those who repeated the message "act against you and also against the Polish nation." The small Polish Peasants Party quickly ran its own advertisement in which a grandmother catches her grandson in the act of snatching her identity card. She tells there's no need for him to steal it, because she plans to vote for the Peasants Party and not Law and Justice. In the previous 2005 election, Law and Justice benefited from low voter turnout, needing only 3.2 million votes in a country of 38 million to take control of government in a coalition with several smaller parties. The most recent coalition fell apart over a contentious scandal-filled summer, leading to early elections this weekend.  Opponents are counting on a strong turnout by younger voters this time around. The latest opinion polls show Civic Platform, a free-market, pro-European rival party, poised to win the election Sunday. But polls here have proved highly unreliable, skewed by the country's historically lethargic turnout, which was a little over 40 percent in the elections two years ago.
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Poles born after the fall of communism  have their first chance to vote on Sunday and the ruling  Kaczynski twins are unlikely to attract their support.
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Poland's shaky government survived the latest political crisis on Monday when two junior coalition parties abandoned their threat to walk out and bring forward early elections.
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Poland&#39;s shaky government survived the  latest political crisis on Monday when two junior coalition  parties abandoned their threat to walk out and bring forward  early elections.
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Poles voted on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that could weaken the grip of the conservative Kaczynski twins and bring in a more EU-friendly government ready to speed up economic reforms.
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Around 20,000 Poles took part in rival demonstrations in the capital on Saturday over whether the ruling conservatives, who are struggling to form a coalition, should call a snap election.