Poland’s Law and Justice party wins election but loses control of upper house

Leader of Poland's Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, addresses the media and supporters in Warsaw, Poland, October 13 2019. Picture: WILJTEK RADWANSKI / AFPPoland’s governing populist party won a weekend election, official results showed on Monday, retaining a parliamentary majority that could allow it to pursue a judicial reform agenda that has put it at loggerheads with the EU.

Since the party took office in 2015, it has in many ways upended Polish politics by limiting liberal democracy through a string of controversial court reforms that have stoked tension with the EU, as well as through its monopolisation of public media, among other measures. The Law and Justice party lost control of the senate, or upper house, taking 48 of the 100 seats, something analysts said would provide a check on the party's legislative drives.The party is expected to continue welfare spending, including a popular new child allowance along with pension hikes as it eyes the May 2020 presidential election, according to Warsaw University political analyst Stanislaw Mocek.

Confederation, a new far-right libertarian coalition known for its anti-EU views, also made it over the five percent threshold to enter parliament with 6.81% for 11 seats.In office since 2015, Kaczynski’s party has focused on poorer rural voters, coupling family values with the introduction of welfare state spending, tax breaks for low-income earners and hikes to pensions and the minimum wage.

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