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Straits Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Polish parliament speaker says confidence vote should be next week
Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia, presidential candidate from the centrist Third Way coalition, and his wife Urszula Brzezinska - Holownia attend meeting with supporters during final day of his campaign at a theatre in Warsaw, Poland, May 16, 2025. Jacek Marczewski / Agencja via REUTERS/ File Photo Polish parliament speaker says confidence vote should be next week WARSAW - Polish Parliament Speaker Szymon Holownia proposed on Tuesday that a vote of confidence in the government should take place in a week at an additional session of parliament. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday he would call for a parliamentary vote of confidence in his coalition government, after his candidate, Rafal Trzaskowski, lost a presidential election on Sunday. "We are hearing information that it should be soon. I convinced the Prime Minister that we should wait with this for a while," Holownia told journalists. "I suggested to the Prime Minister that the motion be submitted this week so that we can discuss it at an additional session on Tuesday." Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland's presidential election, delivering a blow to the centrist government's efforts to cement Warsaw's pro-European orientation. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Straits Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Polish eurosceptic Nawrocki wins presidential vote, electoral commission says
Electoral commission members count votes of the second round of presidential election, in Lodz, Poland, June 1, 2025. Agencja Stepien via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION FROM \"ZAKOPANE\" TO \"LODZ\". Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, gestures after he voted in the second round of presidential election, at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. Agencja Kaminski via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. Electoral commission members count votes of the second round of presidental election, in Lodz, Poland, June 1, 2025. Agencja Stepien via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. A person holds a placard with a message in support of Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, on the day of the second round of presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. The placard reads: \"Karol Nawrocki, Poles are with you, you will win\". REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, talks to the press after he voted in the second round of presidential election, at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. Agencja Kaminski via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. WARSAW - Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country's presidential election with 50.89% of the votes, the electoral commission said early on Monday on its website. His rival, Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal Warsaw mayor and an ally of the government led by Donald Tusk, got 49.11%. Nawrocki, 42, a eurosceptic historian and amateur boxer who ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine. While Poland's parliament holds most power, the president can veto legislation, and the vote was being watched closely in Ukraine as well as Russia, the United States and across the European Union. On social media platform X, current President Andrzej Duda, also a conservative, thanked Poles for going to vote in large numbers. Turnout was 71.31%, the electoral commission said, a record for the second round of a presidential election. "Thank you! For participating in the presidential elections. For the turnout. For fulfilling your civic duty. For taking responsibility for Poland. Congratulations to the winner! Stay strong Poland!" Duda wrote. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Star
Polish conservative Nawrocki wins presidential vote, electoral commission says
Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, talks to the press after he voted in the second round of presidential election, at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. Agencja Kaminski via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND.
The Star
21-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Poland says Russian ship performed 'suspicious manoeuvres' near cable to Sweden
FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a press conference, following a meeting with Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina (not pictured), in Warsaw, Poland, February 29, 2024. Kuba Atys/Agencja via REUTERS/File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) -A Russian ship from the "shadow fleet" covered by sanctions performed suspicious manoeuvres near a power cable connecting Poland with Sweden, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X on Wednesday. "After the effective intervention of our military, the ship sailed to one of the Russian ports," he added. He said the Polish Navy's ORP Heweliusz was sailing to the scene. The 600-megawatt undersea cable links the Swedish coast near Karlshamn with Ustka in northern Poland and allows both grids to rely on cross-border supplies when electricity is cheaper in the other system. NATO has stepped up security in the Baltic following a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines have been damaged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the cable belonged to Polish grid operator PSE. (Reporting by Alan Charlish, Pawel Florkiewicz, Marek Strzelecki, Barbara Erling; Editing by Alex Richardson)
Straits Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Poland says Russian ship performed 'suspicious manoeuvres' near cable to Sweden
FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a press conference, following a meeting with Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina (not pictured), in Warsaw, Poland, February 29, 2024. Kuba Atys/Agencja via REUTERS/File Photo WARSAW - A Russian ship from the "shadow fleet" covered by sanctions performed suspicious manoeuvres near a power cable connecting Poland with Sweden, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X on Wednesday. "After the effective intervention of our military, the ship sailed to one of the Russian ports," he added. He said the Polish Navy's ORP Heweliusz was sailing to the scene. The 600-megawatt undersea cable links the Swedish coast near Karlshamn with Ustka in northern Poland and allows both grids to rely on cross-border supplies when electricity is cheaper in the other system. NATO has stepped up security in the Baltic following a string of incidents in which power cables, telecom links and gas pipelines have been damaged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the cable belonged to Polish grid operator PSE. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
