PiS lost its majority in the Senate, despite still having the highest number of mandates (48). The opposition has 43 for KO, four for independent candidates, three for PSL and two for the Left.
The ruling party has filed a request to the Supreme Court as part of election protests. PiS demands the recounting of votes in six constituencies, and in particular two of them – Katowice (nr. 75) and Koszalin (nr. 100). The former was won by the Left’s candidate Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka and the latter by the independent Stanisław Gawłowski.
Morawska-Stanecka received 64,172 votes, just shy of 2,500 thousand more than PiS’ candidate Czesław Ryszka. In the case of constituency 100, Gawłowski, with 44,956 votes won by a margin of 320 votes over PiS’ Krzysztof Nieckarz.
What has Donald Tusk’s return to Polish politics changed?
Civic Platform’s opposition competitors have not changed their strategy and Law and Justice continues to bet on the promotion of the Polish Deal, writes political columnist of ‘Rzeczpospolita’ daily Michał Kolanko
New power in PiS! PM Mateusz Morawiecki becomes the party’s deputy chairman
Remaining deputies will maintain their positions
Despite COVID-19 crisis, Polish ruling party soars in the polls
The opposition should be able to use the crisis against the center-right ruling government, but they are failing at showing they have any solution that Poles would trust, writes Patryk Osowski
What is next for Poland’s conservative government?
Law and Justice (PiS) must rethink its strategy and plan for 2023 due to the coronavirus pandemic, writes Rzeczpospolita columnist Michał Kolanko
Tekieli: Poland needs a strategy to combat the invasion of LGBT ideology
Poland will lose itself, says prominent Catholic critic
Opinion: Polish media must change if the Right are to win the next election
Polish Supreme Audit Office head under fire for fraud
The head of Polish Supreme Audit Office is under pressure from PiS to resign
Kaczyński’s knee operation was successful
There is just enough time for the operation between political campaigns
No post-election honeymoon for Poland’s ruling party
A post-election hangover for PiS.
Can Poland’s ruling conservative party learn from its mistakes?
A new golden age in Polish history?
Internal negotiations within PiS shouldn’t be a threat
Negotiations between PiS and its coalitioners are tense.
Opinion: We are disliked but respected
Relations with Germany and the United States are improving but not so much with other major EU states and Israel, writes Jędrzej Bielecki.