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Poland’s Ruling Party Loses Control of Senate
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Oct 14, 2019 09:19pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Wall Street Journal |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 15, 2019 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Defeat in election sets up clash between the nationalist government and more liberal opposition.
WARSAW–Poland’s ruling party lost control of the country’s Senate, according to official results Monday, setting the stage for legislative clashes between one of Europe’s most nationalist governments and its more liberal opposition.
The governing Law and Justice party will return to the next session with 48 of the 100 seats in Poland’s upper chamber, the remainder held by a mix of rival parties and independents.
The unexpected result cast a shadow on what was otherwise a decent result for Poland’s ruling party. Exit polls published on Sunday, the day of the election, projected Law and Justice would maintain its majority in the lower house of parliament, the more powerful of the country’s two legislative chambers. That prediction held as official tallies came in Monday. The party will return to government with a margin of five votes in the 460-seat lower chamber, exactly its current standing. |
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