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EU boss Juncker congratulates Polish PM on election victory

14.10.2019 15:30
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker has congratulated Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki following an election victory by Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, state news agency PAP reported on Monday.
Polands Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the leader of the Law and Justice party Jarosław Kaczyński.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the leader of the Law and Justice party Jarosław Kaczyński.PAP/Radek Pietruszka

According to PAP, Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said on Monday that Juncker congratulated Morawiecki for the sweeping victory that Law and Justice had secured with the results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

She added that the Juncker was looking forward to working with Morawiecki in order to tackle common problems together.

Poland's ruling conservatives have won a convincing victory over opposition parties in the country's parliamentary elections and secured a second term in power, according to provisional data announced by electoral officials on Monday.

With 99.49 percent of the ballots counted, the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party had 43.76 percent of the vote, while the largest opposition bloc, the Civic Coalition, led by the Civic Platform (PO) party, had 27.24 percent, the National Electoral Commission said on Monday afternoon.

A block of three leftist parties led by the post-communist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) finished third in Sunday's election with 12.52 percent, a result that would open the way for a left-wing grouping to return to parliament after a hiatus of four years, according to the data released by the National Electoral Commission.

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Source: PAP