Poland’s Ruling Coalition Creaks as PM Tusk Applies Pressure Over Election Validation

Tensions have risen in Poland’s ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk over the recent presidential election results.

His coalition partners have seemed increasingly reluctant to engage in the current campaign of attempting to overturn the result of the June 1 ballot, which was won by the opposition Conservatives’ (PiS) candidate Karol Nawrocki.

On June 26, Tusk took to X to put pressure on his coalition partners who have baulked at his party’s campaign questioning the validity of both the election result and the court procedure for its validation.