Poll suggests that Solidarity may lose all representation in next parliament

Support for the ruling right-wing Solidarity bloc (AWS) has plunged below the threshold of 5%, a poll conducted by the private OBOP agency showed yesterday. If repeated in the September 23 general election, this would mean that Solidarity would fail to win any seats in parliament. By contrast, the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union (SLD-UP) coalition recorded 45% support in the OBOP poll, making the former communists and their Labor Union allies by far the most popular party. Civic Platform (PO) polled 18%, while the Freedom Union (UW), like Solidarity, failed to achieve the 5% necessary to be guaranteed a parliamentary seat. (Reuters, Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.J.