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BRUSSELS — Voters in France and Poland braved the pandemic Sunday to cast ballots that will show how the virus has reshaped citizens’ attitudes about their leaders.
Votes had been delayed in both nations this spring amid concerns that large gatherings could accelerate the spread of the novel coronavirus. With the virus significantly curbed, French citizens are voting in municipal elections that will be another measure of French President Emmanuel Macron’s standing and Poles are voting in the first round of presidential elections, with a chance to accept or reject a ruling party that has taken over the courts and squelched opposition voices.
There were still fears that the decision to hold the elections — mostly through in-person voting — could spread the virus. But both nations have curbed their infection numbers. Macron went through with a first round of the municipal elections on March 15, just before he imposed a nationwide lockdown, pressured partially by far-right politicians who were warning at the time that a delay would be a power grab by those in office.
In Poland, meanwhile, right-wing President Andrzej Duda was once expected to have an easy path to victory after his Law and Justice party took over the country’s judicial system, turned public broadcasters into pro-government news outlets and made life difficult for opposition politicians of all stripes.
President Trump — who has repeatedly downplayed the virus, sidelined experts and misled Americans about its dangers and potential cures — now finds his presidency wracked by an inability to shepherd the country through its worst public health calamity in a century.
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