Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has launched its re-election campaign by sending 10,000 soldiers to the Belarus border and claiming the EU will stop Polish people from picking mushrooms.
The election date — 15 October — was officially announced by Polish president Andrzej Duda on Tuesday (8 August).
Poland is also to hold a referendum on the same day, on issues including EU migrant-relocation.
And the PiS campaign to extend its eight-year rule began in earnest...
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