Invasion of Europe news: Poland moves further right, opposes EU on Muslim migration/refugees

First here is news at the UK Telegraph (thanks to RJ).
And here is another story about the shocking election at The Journal.  The newly elected government promises to help Polish people first! (Gee, what a novel concept!)  And, wants to distance itself from the EU.

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Poland’s new Prime Minister, Beata Szydlo.  “The victory on Sunday looks set to be a watershed moment in Polish politics,” says The Telegraph.

POLAND’S CONSERVATIVE LAW and Justice party won a landslide in yesterday’s general election on anti-refugee rhetoric and welfare promises, ending eight years of centrist rule in a victory that risks inflaming tensions with the EU and Russia.

The eurosceptic PiS led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski garnered an outright majority, according to projections from partial results by local television channels, ousting leftist parties from parliament for the first time since the fall of communism in 1989.

“This is the first time in the history of Polish democracy that a single party has scored (an outright) majority” in the Sejm, the lower house, Kaczynski said in a victory speech after Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz conceded defeat.

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