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...It marks Tusk’s first major political test since leading a three-way coalition to victory over PiS in parliamentary elections in October after PiS’s eight years in power....
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...“Duda is now the major obstacle for implementing legal reform in Poland,” said Maciej Kisilowski, a Polish law professor at the Central European University in Vienna....
...Asked on Friday about Duda’s plans to grant the pair a fresh pardon, Tusk said that he could not stop Duda from using his powers, but that the feud over the MPs had created “a difficult experience for all...
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...The pair were released from prison after receiving their second pardon from Duda this week....
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...Duda on Thursday offered them a fresh pardon and vowed to fight for their release, using PiS’s term of “political prisoners” in reference to them....
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