Posted 12/11/2023, 6:57:49 PM
Donald Tusk elected as Poland's new prime minister, defeats incumbent Mateusz Morawiecki
- Polish Civic Coalition leader Donald Tusk elected as new Polish prime minister after vote in parliament
- Tusk's coalition has 248 MPs from center-right and left parties, defeating outgoing PM Mateusz Morawiecki's Law and Justice (PiS) party
- Tusk pledges in speech to "fix everything together" and make all Poles "feel at home"
- Former PM and PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski reportedly accuses Tusk of being a "German agent"
- Ukrainian President Zelensky and European Commission President von der Leyen congratulate Tusk, citing shared values and strategic partnership