Tusk's swearing-in ends deadlock in Poland
Almost two months after the parliamentary elections, Poland has a new head of government. After exhausting all possibilities to delay the transfer of power, President Duda has to swear in election winner Tusk as Prime Minister.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda has sworn in the new head of government Donald Tusk. Both politicians signed a certificate of appointment for Tusk's cabinet at the presidential palace in Warsaw. Just under two months after the parliamentary elections, the transfer of power is now complete.
On Tuesday evening, the MPs had expressed their confidence in Tusk's government. The three-party alliance of Tusk's liberal-conservative Civic Coalition, the Christian-conservative Third Way and the left-wing alliance Lewica had won a government majority in the parliamentary elections on October 15. However, the previous national-conservative PiS government had delayed the transfer of power for a long time with the help of Duda.
The president, who himself comes from the ranks of the PiS, had initially tasked former Prime Minister and PiS politician Mateusz Morawiecki with forming the government, even though the party did not have a majority in parliament. As expected, Morawiecki failed the vote of confidence on Monday. Only then was the way clear for Tusk.
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Poland's elected leader, Donald Tusk, was sworn in as Prime Minister by President Andrzej Duda, marking an end to the political deadlock that had persisted for nearly two months following the parliamentary elections. The previous Head of Government, Mateusz Morawiecki, from the PiS party, had failed to secure a vote of confidence, paving the way for Tusk's appointment.
Source: www.ntv.de
