Donald Tusk Poised to Become Polish PM Again in Pro-EU Power Shift
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Donald Tusk, former European Council President, is expected to be appointed Polish Prime Minister on Monday in a parliament session drawing unprecedented public interest.
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Tusk has backing of a majority coalition of pro-EU parties after incumbent PM Mateusz Morawiecki's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party lost October elections.
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Morawiecki will deliver a speech Monday before a no-confidence vote that is likely to remove him from power.
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Tusk contrasts with PiS' conservative social values and left economics, promising a liberal, pro-European agenda.
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Celebrity parliament speaker Szymon Holownia's entertaining approach has helped draw public attention to the changing of the guard.