Posted on 09/25/2005 1:22:36 PM PDT by Pikamax
WARSAW, Poland - Exit polls indicated Polish voters ousted the scandal-prone left-wing government of Prime Minister Marek Belka in elections Sunday and gave a broad majority to two center-right parties that promise tax cuts and clean government.
Projections based on exit polls for Polish government television showed the socially conservative Law and Justice Party with 27.6 percent and the free-market Civic Platform with 24.1 percent; the governing Democratic Left Alliance lagged far behind with 11.3 percent.
The results showed voters eager for change in choosing the two right-wing parties, both of which have roots in the Solidarity trade union movement that toppled communism in 1989-90.
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At least for this year, the Poles are smarter than the Germans. (everybody thought it was the other way around)
"Everybody" was wrong.
Good news for Poland!!! They will have a healthy economy and a better culture thanks to sticking with what works.
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