A prelimary date for general elections in Poland has been announced for October, but will it get in the way of the country’s EU presidency?

John Beauchamp reports

The ruling Civic Platform would like elections to be held on 23 October. The date falls well within Poland’s presidency of the European Union, but will the elections have an effect on the country’s running of EU affairs?

With an election campaign set to heat up throughout the EU presidency, will Poland repeat scenes witnessed during the Czech presidency, which saw the government in Prague toppled by a vote of no-confidence?