Polish president vetoes change to European parliament election rules

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday vetoed a controversial change to European Parliament election rules that would have kept all small parties in Poland out of the running. The president said it would have fundamentally limited access to the EU parliament, discouraged Poles from turning out to vote, and forced small parties into entering coalitions. Many opposition parties celebrated the veto while the governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party that introduced the legislation announced it would no longer pursue it.

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