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Tusk Wins Confidence Vote in Polish Parliament

A parliamentary vote boosts Tusk’s mandate with presidential veto authority looming over key reforms

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 outgoing President Andrzej Duda, left, welcomes the President Elect Karol Nawrocki at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Overview

  • Tusk’s pro-EU coalition held 242 of 460 Sejm seats and delivered a decisive vote of confidence on June 11 to secure his government’s survival.
  • Nationalist president Karol Nawrocki, elected on June 1, holds veto rights over key reforms on abortion, same-sex partnerships, judicial overhaul and self-employed social security.
  • Fractures emerged within Tusk’s four-party alliance as MPs from Civic Coalition, Third Way, Left and the Polish People’s Party blamed leadership errors in the recent presidential campaign.
  • Tusk plans to lay out a fresh policy statement in parliament, execute a government reshuffle in July and renegotiate coalition agreements to rebuild cohesion.
  • Opposition Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski proposed installing a technical expert government, while former PiS justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro called Tusk’s term effectively over.