In Poland, the replacement of the right-wing conservative ruling party PiS is getting closer. The pro-European opposition parties Citizens’ Coalition (KO), Third Way and Left have agreed on a coalition, their party leaders announced on Tuesday. The head of the government will be KO boss Donald Tusk, meaning the former EU Council president is set to make a comeback as prime minister.
The three parties are ready for “comprehensive cooperation” at the start of the legislature, Tusk stressed. “This is important information on the day that President Andrzej Duda starts consultations with parliamentary parties on the formation of a government.”
In Poland, the president gives the order to form a government, but then – unlike in Austria – the government must be elected by parliament.
Duda is a close political associate of PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski. On Tuesday he first wanted to meet representatives of the PiS, which was still the strongest force in the October 15 parliamentary elections, but had lost its previous absolute majority in parliament. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki does not have the necessary votes to be re-elected as head of government.
Also on Tuesday, Duda plans to host KO boss Tusk, whose party is the second strongest force in the new parliament. With her coalition partners, she has a majority of 248 of the 460 seats in parliament.
Source: Krone
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