Bronislaw Komorowski’s all-but-certain victory offered Poland’s pro-business governing party an opportunity but also a challenge Monday as it prepared to govern without the obstacle of a hostile president.

With parliamentary elections scheduled for late 2011, the Civic Platform party of Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk has a year to show the country whether it can tackle major economic problems including high debt and unemployment.

“Civic Platform! You now have total power,” the tabloid Fakt declared in big letters on its front page Monday. “Show what you can do — you have a year!”