The leaders of the liberal Civic Coalition (KO), the agrarian Polish People's Party (PSL), the centre-right Poland 2050 group and the New Left unveiled the coalition deal at a news conference in Warsaw.
The 13-page document, containing 24 policy pledges, was shared with the media, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
In it, the four pro-EU groups vowed to abolish the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA), which they described as "totally politicised," and to transfer its powers to the police to strengthen the fight against corruption.
The mainstream opposition parties also pledged to "restore the rule of law," making "courts free from political pressures" and the prosecution service "independent and apolitical," the PAP news agency reported.
The coalition agreement also foresees efforts to overturn a 2020 ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that declared abortion due to serious fetal defects and severe illnesses unconstitutional.
The four pro-EU opposition groups vowed to raise the pay of teachers and public officials, boost spending on healthcare and education, fund in-vitro fertilisation, facilitate green transition as part of efforts to tackle climate change, make homes more affordable, and ensure efficient public transport, among other pledges, public broadcaster Polish Radio's IAR news agency reported.
The coalition agreement was unveiled by opposition politicians led by the Civic Coalition's leader Donald Tusk, the four parties' joint candidate for prime minister.
He was speaking to reporters alongside PSL leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, who is expected to become a deputy prime minister; Poland 2050's Szymon Hołownia, who is the candidate for lower-house Speaker; and leftist politicians Włodzimierz Czarzasty and Robert Biedroń, the PAP news agency reported.
Poland to appoint new gov't
Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party won the parliamentary election on October 15, but lost its majority to an alliance of four pro-EU opposition parties led by Tusk's Civic Coalition.
President Andrzej Duda announced on Monday that the task of forming a new government would be given to current Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
As all other parties have ruled out entering into a coalition government with Morawiecki's Law and Justice, the current ruling party, in power since 2015, looks unlikely to be able to govern.
If Morawiecki is unable to win a vote of confidence in the lower house, the chamber will appoint another prime minister.
The job is expected to go to Tusk, who served as prime minister from 2007 to 2014.
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Source: IAR, PAP
