Polish Political Standoff Enters Second Day

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak accused opposition parties Saturday of trying to seize power illegally, while lawmakers occupied parliament’s plenary hall for a second day in the country’s biggest political standoff in years. In the early hours of Saturday, police had forcefully broken up a blockade of the exits from the legislature’s building in central Warsaw, set up by protesters who said ruling party lawmakers had violated the constitution by illegally passing the 2017...

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