Thousands turn out for Poland's Freedom march

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Thousands turn out for Poland's Freedom march

Warsaw (AFP) - Thousands of people marched in Warsaw on Saturday to defend rights they say are threatened by the ruling nationalist government's policies and to demonstrate support for the European Union.

"We're going to fight for freedom, dignity, democracy, a free Poland at the heart of the European Union as that's the most important," Grzegorz Schetyna, leader of the centrist Civic Platform, the main opposition party, told the marchers.

A recent poll put support for his party and liberal ally Nowoczesna at a combined 33.4 percent, just three percent behind the governing rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party.

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