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Donald Tusk elected as Polish Prime Minister, says govt will mobilize to keep world committed to helping Ukraine

<span style="color: #222222;">In Poland, Donald Tusk is back in power after nine years, securing the support of the Polish parliament last evening, to head a new government.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The vote was 248 in favor and 201 against, cementing his return nearly two months after a coalition of Opposition parties led by the former European Council president delivered a surprising win in the national election held on the 15th of October. Earlier yesterday, Poland's outgoing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki lost a vote of confidence 266-190 in the Lower House of Parliament, officially putting an end to the nationalist Law and Justice party's eight-year stint in power.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The return of Donald Tusk, a centrist leader, who was previously prime minister from 2007 to 2014 has paved the way for forging a new pro-European Union government in Poland following eight years of stormy national conservative rule. Tusk will be heading a broad alliance comprising his Civic Coalition party, the liberal Poland 2050 party, the conservative agrarian Polish People's Party, and the Left.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, in his inaugural speech to the Parliament today, new Polish Prime Minister said, his government will mobilize to keep the world committed to helping Ukraine.</span><br />

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