Tight at the top

According to the latest poll, Civic Platform (PO) is leading its expected coalition partners Law and Justice (PiS) by one percentage point just weeks before September's elections. The survey, carried out by CBOS, shows PO with 23 percent public support, and PiS with 22 percent.

Populist Self-Defense (SO) is hanging on to third place, with 16 percent support, followed by the League of Polish Families (LPR) at 11 percent. The currently ruling Democratic Left Alliance places fifth, with eight-percent support, while the Peasants' Party (PSL) scores seven percent. Social Democracy Poland (SDPL) and the Democratic Party (PD) face the prospect of not sending any delegates to parliament at all, with three percent support each - below the five-percent threshold required for parliamentary representation.  AK