PiS fails to win majority in Polish parliament
In Poland, acting Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's hopes of forming the future government have been dashed. All major opposition parties made it clear on Wednesday that they would not support Morawiecki's national conservative Law and Justice party (PiS). This means that PiS will not have a majority in parliament, even though it emerged as the strongest party in last month's election.
This means that a change of political direction in Poland is now within reach. The PiS government had pursued a course critical of the EU and, among other things, pushed through a controversial judicial reform. The EU Commission imposed sanctions as a result. With opposition leader Donald Tusk, who has already held the office of EU Council President, the relationship with the EU and Germany is likely to change.
Morawiecki had called on other parties to form a broad "coalition for Polish affairs" and promised them concessions. "I am surprised, because I have publicly told the Prime Minister several times that this farce is unnecessary and unnecessarily prolongs the agony of this government," Marek Sawicki, MP for the Peasant Party, told the PAP news agency. The Peasant Party wants to form the "Third Way" government alliance together with the New Left and the liberal Civic Coalition.
Despite PiS failing to secure a majority in Parliament, the possibility of a change in Poland's political direction becomes evident. The opposition, led by Donald Tusk, is likely to alter the government's critical stance towards the EU, potentially easing tensions with the EU Commission and Germany.
Source: www.ntv.de
