Posted 12/11/2023, 6:33:42 PM
Tusk Returns as Polish PM, Ending Law and Justice Party's 8 Years in Power
- Polish Parliament rejected caretaker PM Morawiecki's proposed government after his party lost parliamentary majority in October election
- Opposition leader Donald Tusk chosen as new Prime Minister, ending 8-year rule of Morawiecki's Law and Justice party
- Outgoing government accused of trying to prolong power despite election defeat by appointing allies to state positions
- Tusk expected to repair relations with EU and restore judicial independence, limited by Law and Justice loyalists still in key roles
- Law and Justice warns of threats to Polish democracy and sovereignty under Tusk, calling him "German agent" obedient to Brussels