Polish Fiscal Risks Cast Shadow Over Tusk's Renewed Mandate
The zloty and Polish bonds gained while Warsaw-listed stocks pared losses as Tusk's victory averted the worst-case scenario for markets, which would have seen his pro-European Union coalition collapse after a nationalist won June 1 presidential elections.
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