The Polish lower house of parliament (Sejm) elected Donald Tusk, the candidate of the coalition that won the majority in the October 15 parliamentary elections, as prime minister.
In the 460-person Sejm, 248 deputies voted for Tusk's candidacy, 201 voted against him, no one abstained, and 10 were not present. Tusk was supported by the majority parliamentary block consisting of four factions, including all representatives of the Civic Coalition (KO).
Tusk was supported by the majority parliamentary block consisting of four factions, including all representatives of the Civic Coalition (KO). In addition to the 184 present representatives elected from the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) list, 17 representatives of the Confederation, also an opposition alliance of national radical and neoliberal parties, also voted against.
On Monday afternoon, the Sejm voted no confidence in the government led by Mateusz Morawiecki, installed at the end of November.
On Tuesday, the president of the Civic Platform (PO), which leads the KO, Donald Tusk, will present his government and make a keynote speech, and a vote of confidence is also expected on him and his government that day. The new cabinet will be installed by the head of state on Wednesday.
On Friday, Tusk already held an informal meeting with the ministerial candidates of his cabinet.
Donald Tusk was the president of the PO in 2003-2014, and took over the party's leadership again in 2021. In 2007-2014, he headed the Polish government, after which he held the position of President of the European Council (2014-2019) and President of the European People's Party (EPP) (2019-2022).
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