The Polish parliament is set to meet for the first time since the election last month, marking a change of course for the Central European nation amid war in Ukraine. President Andrzej Duda will address the ceremonial opening of the newly elected legislature, with lawmakers taking their oaths and electing a speaker. The outgoing prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, must resign with his government, but is expected to remain as a caretaker premier. Duda will entrust Morawiecki with the mission of forming another government.
Morawiecki’s ruling party received more votes than any other single party in the election but fell short of a majority, getting 194 seats in the 460-member lower house, or Sejm. Duda, an ally of Law and Justice, has given Morawiecki the first chance to form a government, as the party has no coalition partner and its attempt to build a government is seen as doomed to fail. The winning coalition alliance holds a majority of 248 seats in the Sejm and aims to repair foreign alliances and release billions of euros in EU funds frozen due to Law and Justice’s erosion of judicial independence.
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