Poland Votes at Ground Zero of Europe's Battle With Populism
- Ballot comes as secret recording scandal undermines Premier
- Opposition seeks to defend position in large cities, regions
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Poland is voting in local elections that will test the conservative ruling party’s grip on public opinion as it rends the country away from its European Union allies.
The nation of 38 million is ground zero in the battle between populist leaders rebelling against the bloc’s liberal, multicultural norms and mainstream forces who say they’ve done more than any other EU government to undermine democracy. On Sunday, Poles will pick local and regional councils as well as city mayors.