Poland sees surge of civic engagement as Tusk coalition takes power, aims to address EU concerns and roll back conservative policies
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Poland is seeing a surge of public interest in politics, with record voter turnout and hundreds of thousands tuning into parliament's livestream sessions. A Warsaw cinema is even showing the parliamentary proceedings live.
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Donald Tusk's new coalition government aims to restore judicial independence and address EU rule of law concerns in order to unlock billions in COVID recovery funds.
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The new government also plans major reforms of state media, which it says has become a "propaganda machine" under the outgoing right-wing administration.
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Women's groups are expecting the new government to reform strict abortion laws, after helping mobilize the high voter turnout that brought Tusk's coalition to power.
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There are questions around the new government's ability to deliver on its many promises, with only a narrow majority in parliament and limits on amending judicial reforms.