Polish voters are returning to the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party ahead of the upcoming European Parliamentary elections in a recent poll that raises questions over the public’s satisfaction with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government.
According to polling conducted by CBOS, support for Tusk’s Civic Coalition (KO) has dropped from 35 percent one month ago to 28 percent. Meanwhile, PiS saw its popularity increase by three points from 23 percent to 26 percent.
The publicly owned pollster tends to produce opinion surveys that show the ruling party ahead and this poll was no different; however, Tusk’s governing liberals have lost a considerable lead on the conservative opposition.
Third in the poll came the right-wing Confederation party with 14 percent, exactly the same level of support as it managed to secure a month ago. The Third Way alliance received 11 percent, representing a rise of one point over last month, and the Left got 7 percent, an increase of two points from its showing a month ago.
Two percent of voters indicated support for “another party,” and 12 percent of respondents did not know which party they would support — an increase of one percentage point.
The fall in support for the KO along with the rise of support for PiS will come as an unwelcome development for the Polish prime minister, who is determined to beat PiS in the coming European elections for the first time since 2014.
The next electoral test in Poland takes place across the European Union from June 6-9. In Poland, 53 MEPs will be elected.
In the local elections on April 7, the election to the provincial assemblies at the national level was won by PiS (34.27 percent) ahead of KO (30.59 percent).
