Ruling party's lead narrows, according to opinion poll

Poland's main opposition grouping, Civic Coalition (KO), has reduced the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party's lead in an opinion poll, with an over 9-percentage-point gain in public support, according to a new poll by IBRiS for the Onet website. If parliamentary elections had been held last Sunday, PiS, together with its junior coalition partner Solidary Poland, would have the support of 32.5 percent of the electorate, 2 percentage points up on a January survey. KO would have placed second with 29.3-percent backing, a huge improvement from its January result of 20.2 percent, Onet reported.