US EditionPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk survives vote of confidence as he bids to reassert control
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence in the Sejm on June 11, retaining his governing mandate despite setbacks.
- The vote followed the June 1 presidential election, where nationalist Karol Nawrocki defeated Tusk's ally, prompting Tusk to seek renewed parliamentary support.
- Tusk initiated the confidence vote amid a fractured coalition and boycotts by the right-wing Law and Justice party, which supports Nawrocki and has veto power over legislation.
- The Sejm voted 243 to 210 in favor of keeping Donald Tusk as prime minister. In response, Tusk remarked that he is familiar with both winning and losing but refuses to accept defeat.
- Tusk's survival avoids early elections but signals difficult years ahead, as the new president’s opposition and coalition tensions challenge governance and legislative progress.
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Poland's centre-left government has passed a vote of confidence in parliament in Warsaw by Prime Minister Tusk. The former Polish ambassador to Germany, Reiter, said in Deutschlandfunk that Tusk's legitimacy is now strengthened. In terms of content, however, nothing is better.
Donald Tusk gets backing from Polish parliament, with rocky road ahead for his government
Donald Tusk’s government survived a confidence vote yesterday, shoring up its mandate after the nationalist opposition’s victory in the presidential election raised doubts about the Polish prime minister’s ability to deliver on key reforms.
Poland’s Donald Tusk survives confidence vote
Donald Tusk is no stranger to a political storm, but even for him, this week was a real test. Poland’s prime minister, back in office since December, found himself fighting for his government’s future after his key ally, Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, lost a high-stakes presidential race to conservative Karol Nawrocki. With tensions running high, Tusk called for a vote of confidence… Source
Donald Tusk has won a vote of confidence in his government in the Polish parliament. The prime minister received the votes of all coalition partners and their supporters. The vote was initiated by the prime minister himself to show that there was sufficient support for his government, even though his party's candidate Rafał Trzaskowski lost the presidential election earlier this month. However, today's vote in the Polish parliament has also conf…
Poland's pro-European head of government Tusk has clearly survived the important vote in Parliament. However, the conflict with the new right-wing conservative president Nawrocki lies ahead of him. By Martin Adam.[more]]>
Prime Minister Donald Tusk secures a narrow majority in the Warsaw Sejm and prevents possible new elections. Political blockade threatens.
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