Current:Home > FinancePolish president to appoint new prime minister after opposition coalition’s election win -ProgressCapital
Polish president to appoint new prime minister after opposition coalition’s election win
View
Date:2025-04-24 15:40:45
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda will appoint a new prime minister in a national address on Monday, an aide said.
The announcement will trigger the process of forming a new government after general elections last month in which the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party lost its parliamentary majority to three allied opposition parties but emerged as the single biggest vote-getter. This has fed speculation over Duda’s choice.
“Following consultations and after deep consideration, President Andrzej Duda has taken his decision regarding the so-called first step” (in forming a government), presidential aide Marcin Mastalerek said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
He said the decision is “final” and not subject to pleas from politicians, whom he advised to “calmly watch the evening address.”
An ally of the current government, Duda has said the two candidates for prime minister are the current conservative premier, Mateusz Morawiecki, and former prime minister and main opposition leader Donald Tusk, an ex-European Union top figure.
Under Poland’s constitution, the president “designates” the prime minister and tasks him with forming a Cabinet, which then needs approval from the parliament. Only then are the prime minister and government formally appointed. If not, the procedure is repeated with another prime minister.
Law and Justice will be far short of a majority in the new parliament and unable to pass its own laws. But its leaders insist it should be given a chance to continue to govern because it was the single biggest vote-getter. It will have 194 votes in the 460-member lower house but has no potential coalition partner.
Tusk represents the aggregated opposition majority that won 248 parliament seats, but he was the target of vicious government attacks in the electoral campaign.
Some commentators say that Duda may opt for a candidate who will offer the possibility of constructive cooperation in the nearly two years he still has left to serve.
Duda will convene the first session of the country’s newly elected parliament on Nov. 13.
veryGood! (646)
Related
- NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations
- 1000-Lb. Sisters’ Amy Slaton Debuts New Romance After Michael Halterman Breakup
- British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses
- 'No words': Julia Roberts' shares touching throwback photo as twins turn 19 years old
- Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections
- Video shows driver collide with parked car, sending cars crashing into Massachusetts store
- Navy removes fuel from spy plane that crashed into environmentally sensitive bay in Hawaii
- Why Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek Are Bonded for Life After This Airport Pickup Moment
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62
Ranking
- How breaking emerged from battles in the burning Bronx to the Paris Olympics stage
- 30 famous Capricorns you should know. These celebrities belong to the winter Zodiac sign
- Dakota Johnson Shares How Chris Martin Helps Her When She’s Struggling
- Activist who acknowledged helping flip police car during 2020 protest sentenced to 1 year in prison
- The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
- U.S. life expectancy starts to recover after sharp pandemic decline
- Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin’s sons
- FedEx driver shot during alleged carjacking in Denver; suspect remains at large, police say
Recommendation
Tropical rains flood homes in an inland Georgia neighborhood for the second time since 2016
Florida woman stabs boyfriend in eye with rabies needle for looking at other women: Police
Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles
Football fans: You're the reason NFL officiating is so horrible. Own it.
Sonya Massey's family keeps eyes on 'full justice' one month after shooting
Three hospitals ignored her gravely ill fiancé. Then a young doctor stepped in
The world economy will slow next year because of inflation, high rates and war, OECD says
Court clears France’s justice minister of conflict of interest