Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) is predicted to lose its majority to the Civic Coalition lead by former European Council president Donald Tusk.
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00:00 Poland looks set to welcome a new government after nearly eight years of right-wing Confederation
00:07 Party rule.
00:08 The Law and Justice Party won the most votes in Sunday's parliamentary election, but exit
00:13 polls suggest the opposition leader, Donald Tusk, should be able to form a majority with
00:18 two other parties.
00:20 The Civic Coalition leader previously held office for seven years.
00:24 "I'm very happy with the results and I believe that Poland will be closer to Europe and that
00:31 we will be more serious in Europe and that good times will return, not the Middle Ages that
00:38 were."
00:39 "I'm disappointed with the results, but I accept a democratic election.
00:44 We don't have the results yet, they were only polls, but they show a democratic opposition
00:50 and I believe that my party is also democratic.
00:57 I voted for PiS."
01:00 The full results of the election should be known by Tuesday.
01:04 Relations between Warsaw and the EU have soured in recent years.
01:09 Poland's judicial reforms violated EU law and the ruling party has been criticised for
01:15 its anti-migrant position.
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