Poland has voted for change
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Hello, Friends of Democracy,
Changes in power caused by elections are usually a sign of a functioning democracy. In the case of Poland, the foreseeable change is particularly encouraging since Poland was on the downward path after eight years of nationalist rule. – In any case, this man could become the new Prime Minister of Poland:
Donald Tusk is leading the liberal opposition bloc of parties, and this bloc appeared to secure a parliamentary majority, raising the possibility of ending Poland's incumbent Law and Justice (PiS) nationalist rule.
Here are the numbers:
According to an exit poll released immediately after voting ended at 9 p.m. on Sunday, PiS had 36.8 per cent support, followed by Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition with 31.6 per cent, the centre-right Third Way with 13 per cent, and the Left with 8.6 per cent. The three parties agreed in advance to form a government coalition if possible. They were projected to win 248 seats, a solid majority in the 460-seat parliament.
The final result is expected on Tuesday. It seems democracy has won in Poland.
See you,
Johannes Eber
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. ... It will be a wild coalition to keep together — center-right to left. “We’re less bad than the more bad” has a history of working more to win office than to effectively hold office, which can lead to the “more bad” just coming back, sometimes in even worse fashion. We need to new ideas. Let’s see if Tusk 2.0 has them.