Poland gives government key election role, opposition sounds alarmWARSAW (Reuters) - Poland s parliament has passed a bill that gives the government, rather than a panel of top judges, control over who conducts elections, a move the opposition called  satanic . Minutes before midnight on Thursday, lawmakers of the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party and their allies approved a bill that allows the interior minister to nominate all candidates for head of the National Election Bureau. The PiS has said its bill will make voting more transparent, but critics have said the real aim is to boost the electoral prospects of the party, which has denied European Commission accusations of eroding democratic standards. The head of the judges  panel, the State Electoral Commission (PKW), said the bill would undermine the electoral process.  De facto, the minister will take decisions, not us,  PKW head Wojciech Hermelinski told reporters on Friday. Poland is already at risk of sanctions from the EU over a PiS judicial reform; Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday he expected the European Commission to launch an unprecedented punishment procedure against Warsaw next week.    Hermelinski said Germany had a functioning system where government officials organized elections, but that the Polish government should not leave the independent PKW in place as a  camouflage  without real powers. According to the bill, if none of the minister s candidates meet with the judges  approval, the minister can simply appoint the head of the Election Bureau.   Lawmaker Jacek Protas from the opposition Civic Platform said in parliament that the bill was a  satanic idea  that would give a controlling stake in democracy to a single political party. The PKW head said he would speak to members of the PiS-dominated upper house, the Senate, and President Andrzej Duda to urge them to prevent the measures passing into law. The changes will also require the PKW to appoint about 100 lower-ranking election officials from lists of candidates presented by the interior minister. Those candidates will no longer have to be judges themselves and, as with the head of the bureau, if the PKW rejects all the names put forward, the minister will have the power to impose a choice. The PiS-dominated Senate is set on Thursday to approve the overhaul of the judiciary - the deepest since Poland s transition from communism nearly three decades ago - which the opposition says violates the constitution.  worldnews
poland gives government key election role opposition sounds alarmwarsaw reuters poland parliament passed bill gives government rather panel top judges control conducts elections move opposition called satanic minutes midnight thursday lawmakers law justice pis party allies approved bill allows interior minister nominate candidates head national election bureau the pis said bill make voting transparent critics said real aim boost electoral prospects party denied european commission accusations reading democratic standards the head judges panel state electoral commission kw said bill would undermine electoral process de facto minister take decisions us kw head wojciech hermelinski told reporters friday poland already risk sanctions eu pis judicial reform prime minister mates morawiecki said thursday expected european commission launch unprecedented punishment procedure warsaw next week hermelinski said germany functioning system government officials organized elections polish government leave independent kw place camouflage without real powers according bill none minister candidates meet judges approval minister simply appoint head election bureau lawmaker jack portal opposition civic platform said parliament bill satanic idea would give controlling stake democracy single political party the kw head said would speak members upper house senate president andrew dude urge prevent measures passing law the changes also require kw appoint election officials lists candidates presented interior minister those candidates longer judges head bureau kw rejects names put forward minister power impose choice the senate set thursday approve overhaul judiciary deepest since poland transition communism nearly three decades ago opposition says violates constitution worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Poland gives government key election role, opposition sounds alarmWARSAW (Reuters) - Poland s parliament has passed a bill that gives the government, rather than a panel of top judges, control over who conducts elections, a move the opposition called  satanic . Minutes before midnight on Thursday, lawmakers of the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party and their allies approved a bill that allows the interior minister to nominate all candidates for head of the National Election Bureau. The PiS has said its bill will make voting more transparent, but critics have said the real aim is to boost the electoral prospects of the party, which has denied European Commission accusations of eroding democratic standards. The head of the judges  panel, the State Electoral Commission (PKW), said the bill would undermine the electoral process.  De facto, the minister will take decisions, not us,  PKW head Wojciech Hermelinski told reporters on Friday. Poland is already at risk of sanctions from the EU over a PiS judicial reform; Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday he expected the European Commission to launch an unprecedented punishment procedure against Warsaw next week.    Hermelinski said Germany had a functioning system where government officials organized elections, but that the Polish government should not leave the independent PKW in place as a  camouflage  without real powers. According to the bill, if none of the minister s candidates meet with the judges  approval, the minister can simply appoint the head of the Election Bureau.   Lawmaker Jacek Protas from the opposition Civic Platform said in parliament that the bill was a  satanic idea  that would give a controlling stake in democracy to a single political party. The PKW head said he would speak to members of the PiS-dominated upper house, the Senate, and President Andrzej Duda to urge them to prevent the measures passing into law. The changes will also require the PKW to appoint about 100 lower-ranking election officials from lists of candidates presented by the interior minister. Those candidates will no longer have to be judges themselves and, as with the head of the bureau, if the PKW rejects all the names put forward, the minister will have the power to impose a choice. The PiS-dominated Senate is set on Thursday to approve the overhaul of the judiciary - the deepest since Poland s transition from communism nearly three decades ago - which the opposition says violates the constitution.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: poland gives government key election role opposition sounds alarmwarsaw reuters poland parliament passed bill gives government rather panel top judges control conducts elections move opposition called satanic minutes midnight thursday lawmakers law justice pis party allies approved bill allows interior minister nominate candidates head national election bureau the pis said bill make voting transparent critics said real aim boost electoral prospects party denied european commission accusations reading democratic standards the head judges panel state electoral commission kw said bill would undermine electoral process de facto minister take decisions us kw head wojciech hermelinski told reporters friday poland already risk sanctions eu pis judicial reform prime minister mates morawiecki said thursday expected european commission launch unprecedented punishment procedure warsaw next week hermelinski said germany functioning system government officials organized elections polish government leave independent kw place camouflage without real powers according bill none minister candidates meet judges approval minister simply appoint head election bureau lawmaker jack portal opposition civic platform said parliament bill satanic idea would give controlling stake democracy single political party the kw head said would speak members upper house senate president andrew dude urge prevent measures passing law the changes also require kw appoint election officials lists candidates presented interior minister those candidates longer judges head bureau kw rejects names put forward minister power impose choice the senate set thursday approve overhaul judiciary deepest since poland transition communism nearly three decades ago opposition says violates constitution worldnews