Poland's right-wing nationalist ruling party wins big in the country's European Parliament election.
election, taking over 45% of the votes following an aggressive campaign against a united opposition in a year of key elections.
Analysts said the intensive campaign, with the participation of party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and quick containment of crises — from leaders’ business dealings to revelations of child sex abuse by priests — mobilized its voters and defenders of the Catholic Church, and contributed to the party’s showing.
The biggest vote-getter, with more than 500,000 votes, was former prime minister Beata Szydlo, who is remembered for launching the government program of benefits for large families in 2016. Backed by the opposition, Magdalena Adamowicz, the widow of slain Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz, won a seat on a campaign against hate speech.
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