Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that parliament will consider a vote of confidence in his government on 11 June.
Tusk said this before a cabinet meeting on 3 June, noting that the country is facing a “new political reality”.
Tusk called for a vote of confidence in the Cabinet on 2 June after his political ally, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, lost the presidential election to conservative Karol Nowrocki.
He also said he was ready to co-operate with the winner of the presidential election, Karol Nowrocki.
“I want everyone to see – including our opponents, both at home and abroad – that we are ready for this situation, we understand the seriousness of the moment and that we do not intend to retreat even one step,” Tusk said.
In Poland, the president has veto power over laws, and Nawrocki’s victory makes it harder for Tusk to push his pro-European agenda.
On the eve it became known that Polish conservative politician Karol Nawrocki, who is supported by the opposition right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS), won the second round of the presidential election held on 1 June.
According to the official tally of 100 per cent of the votes cast by the country’s electoral commission, Nawrocki won 50.89 per cent, while his opponent, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who has pro-European and liberal policies, won 49.11 per cent.