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Tusk Survives Confidence Vote as Incoming President Readies Vetoes

Surviving the confidence vote gives Tusk a renewed mandate to pursue pro-European reforms despite looming presidential vetoes

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk talks to the press after their meeting on May 16, 2025 in Tirana, Albania. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives for a summit where the leaders of 47 European countries and organizations will discuss security, defense and democratic standards against the backdrop of Russia's war on Ukraine, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk reacts after the voting of confidence for his cabinet, at the Parliament in Warsaw on June 11, 2025. Poland's pro-EU government won a confidence vote in parliament on June 11, 2025 as it attempted to demonstrate it still had majority support, despite suffering a major blow in this month's presidential election. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Lawmakers in the Sejm voted 243–210 on June 11 to back Tusk’s pro-European coalition, securing the simple majority needed to survive the confidence motion.
  • Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist backed by the Law and Justice party and President Donald Trump, is set to take office on August 6 with the power to veto legislation.
  • Tusk’s coalition partners have voiced frustration over slow progress on campaign pledges such as liberalizing abortion laws and reforming the judiciary.
  • The prime minister plans a government reshuffle in July to introduce new faces and renegotiate the coalition agreement to shore up internal unity.
  • Key reforms on same-sex partnerships, abortion rights and judicial overhaul now face a high risk of being blocked or delayed by presidential vetoes.