Poland’s PM 'not packed’ yet

The Polish prime minister is still hopeful of a coalition following the October elections, Poland’s PAP news agency reported on Saturday.

PM Mateusz Morawiecki speaking out during a rally with supporters Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński

In an interview for the news website interia.pl, published on Saturday, Mateusz Morawiecki said he aims to convince opposition party members who are like-minded on key issues to form a new coalition government.

Morawiecki’s Law and Justice (PiS) party came first in the October 15 parliamentary elections with 194 seats but fell far short of a majority in the 460-seat lower house (Sejm).

Three pro-European opposition parties, which jointly won 248 mandates, have said they are ready to form a cabinet led by opposition leader Donald Tusk and have urged the President not to delay his appointment.

However, Morawiecki’s reading of the election results is different as he notes: „Poles decided that we had achieved the highest result. At the same time, they said: this time you have to look for a coalition partner. We are obliged to make such an attempt.”

„I’m not packed,” he told Interia.

„I want to appeal to those MPs from the [opposition groupings] Third Way and Confederation who care about the social and sovereignty programs and the issue of fighting illegal migration,” Morawiecki elaborated.

Both groupings have previously denied the possibility of forming a coalition with the Law and Justice.

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Source: PAP

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