Change of power
Poland’s president swears in new government of Donald Tusk
On Tuesday evening, MPs expressed their confidence in Tusk’s government. photo
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Almost two months after the parliamentary elections, the change of power in Poland has taken place. A pro-European three-party alliance should now guide the country’s fortunes.
The three-way alliance made up of Tusk’s liberal-conservative Citizens’ Coalition, the Christian-conservative Third Way and the left-wing alliance Lewica won a governing majority in the parliamentary elections on October 15th. However, the previous national-conservative PiS government had long delayed the change of power with the help of Duda.
The president, who himself comes from the ranks of the PiS, initially commissioned the former prime minister and PiS politician Mateusz Morawiecki to form a government, even though the party did not have a majority in parliament. As expected, Morawiecki failed in the confidence vote on Monday. Only then was the path clear for Tusk.