Who’s who in Poland’s new government

Almost two months after winning a parliamentary majority in October’s elections, a coalition of three groups – the centrist Civic Coalition (KO), centre-right Third Way (Trzecia Droga) and The Left (Lewica) – has formed a new government, ousting the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party that has ruled Poland since 2015.

The new ministers represent multiple parties from the three main blocs: KO has 14 ministers, who come from Civic Platform (PO), Modern (Nowoczesna) and Polish Initiative (Inicjatywa Polska); Third Way has seven ministers shared between the Polish People’s Party (PSL) and Poland 2050 (Polska 2050); and the New Left (Nowa Lewica) – which is part of The Left – has four.

Donald Tusk is unlikely to have much of a honeymoon with the Polish public. Opinion polls have repeatedly shown little enthusiasm for him personally, including one last week that found just 10% of Poles think he will be an “excellent” prime minister while 30% believe he will be “terrible”.

What kind of prime minister will Donald Tusk be?
Excellent - 10.1%
Good - 21.2%
Average - 22.1%
Bad - 11.4%
Terrible - 30.4%
Don't know - 4.9%

Tusk will also face difficulties in maintaining unity and among what is a very diverse coalition that he leads, ranging from the socially liberal hard left to the conservative centre-right.

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