Polish opposition groups say Donald Tusk is their candidate for prime minister
The leaders of opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent election say Donald Tusk is their candidate to be prime minister WARSAW, Poland -- The leaders of opposition parties that together won the most votes in Poland's recent election announced Tuesday that Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest group, is their candidate to be prime minister and that they want to get to work as soon as possible. “We are ready to create a government,” Tusk, a former prime minister who heads the Civic Platform party, said as he and other opposition party leaders stood together in parliament to announce their decision to cooperate. He thanked the other leaders “for your trust.” The announcement came on the day that President Andrzej Duda opened two days of consultations with the representatives of parties that won seats in the new parliament. Duda first welcomed Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and others from the conservative ruling Law and Justice party to the pr...