Poland’s outgoing government loses confidence vote, paving the way for a new centrist administration

By VANESSA GERA
Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s government has lost a confidence vote in parliament, ending the rule of his national conservative party after eight years in power. The vote paves the way for the majority in parliament to elect Donald Tusk, a centrist, as prime minister, a role he held already from 2007-2014. The lawmakers plan to tap him later Monday. The confidence vote is a key step in a power transition that comes two months since Poles turned out in huge numbers to vote for change in a national election. The transition was delayed for weeks by the president, who chose to keep his political allies in office as long as possible.