Poland's Interim Government Expected to Last 14 Days
President Duda Swears in Morawiecki's Cabinet Amid Power Shift to Pro-European Union Parties
- Poland's President Andrzej Duda swore in a government led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, expected to last no longer than 14 days.
- The move is seen as a tactical maneuver by the conservative Law and Justice party to maintain power and make more appointments to state bodies.
- The Law and Justice party, which has been in power since 2015, lost its parliamentary majority in the recent October elections.
- Morawiecki, who has no coalition partners, estimates his chances of forming a successful government at '10% or even less.'
- Power is gradually shifting to a bloc of pro-European Union parties that have secured a parliamentary majority of 248 seats, with Donald Tusk, former prime minister and EU leader, expected to take over as prime minister after Morawiecki's term ends in December.