Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is declaring the beginning of a new era after three opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election to oust the governig party.
  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    Can’t believe nobody posted about Poland yet! Huge win for democracy and possibly the largest turnout for an election in their history.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Polsat News that Duda “will entrust the mission of forming the government to the winning party and in this first step we will certainly try to build a parliamentary majority.”

    Three opposition parties, Tusk’s Civic Coalition, Third Way and the New Left, ran on separate tickets but with the same promises of seeking to oust Law and Justice and restore good ties with the European Union.

    At stake are the health of the nation’s constitutional order, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

    Despite many uncertainties ahead, what appeared certain was that support for the governing party has shrunk since the last election in 2019 when it won nearly 44% of the vote, its popularity dented by high inflation, allegations of cronyism and bickering with European allies.

    There is a high level of state ownership in the Polish economy, and the governing party has built up a system of patronage, handing out thousands of jobs and contracts to its loyalists.

    Piotr Buras, of the European Council of Foreign Relations, said the opposition had gained from “growing fatigue” with the government among Poles, “beyond the groups usually supporting the liberals.”

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  • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    So to be clear here, no one party has a majority, so it would have to be a coalition.

    Even then, they don’t have a big enough majority to overturn a presidential veto.

    Source (BBC)

    • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I did a little searching around but don’t understand for sure - so Duda is on a different election schedule and stays in power until 2025, is that right? But then he can’t run again?

  • hh93@lemm.eeEnglish
    34·
    9 months ago

    This could be insanely important for the European Union if Poland isn’t blocking sanctions against Hungary by default anymore.

    But it wouldn’t be surprised if Italy is taking their spot in protecting antidemocratic populism now…