Poland, Tusk saves himself in Parliament in vote of confidence requested after Nawrocki's victory

In Poland, Donald Tusk 's pro-European government has passed a vote of confidence in Parliament, after a serious setback in the presidential elections earlier this month, won by the historian and nationalist Karol Nawrocki on June 1. A total of 243 MPs out of the 460 seats in the Sejm (the lower house) said yes to Tusk's continued government experience, granting him the necessary simple majority.

The vote was called by the moderate but strongly pro-European prime minister, after the coalition supporting him had bet everything on the victory of his challenger, the mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski . "I am asking for a vote of confidence because I am convinced, confident and convinced, that we have a mandate to govern," Tusk said at the start of the parliamentary session. He said that the government must carry out "very hard and serious work, in conditions that will not improve," aware as he is of the power of veto that the head of state will be able to use against the most difficult measures, such as civil unions for people of the same sex or aid to Kiev.

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Commentators say Nawrocki, a supporter of US President Trump, will try to bring down the government and strengthen the main opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), which supported him. Nawrocki won the election with 51% of the vote , a narrow victory over Trzaskowski (49%) . The former president of the European Council came to power in 2023 as the head of a coalition between his centrist Civic Platform (KO), Poland 2050 (centre), the conservative Polish Peasant Party (PSL) and the New Left.

The head of government, among other things, now intends to reshuffle the government for next month: he himself announced it when speaking in Parliament during the vote of confidence. A reshuffle that should also contribute to changing the "faces" of the government team.