A total of 243 lawmakers backed the government's continued hold on power, while 210 lawmakers opposed and none abstained during the vote in the lower house, where an alliance of pro-European parties led by Tusk has a comfortable majority.
Earlier in the day, Tusk delivered a major policy speech outlining his government's priorities for the next two and a half years.
Tusk last week told his ministers that the confidence vote would mark a new beginning for the government after the conservative opposition retained control of the presidency.
Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, representing Tusk’s Civic Coalition, narrowly lost the June 1 presidential runoff to conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki, raising questions about the government’s ability to push through its pro-EU agenda.
Nawrocki, a Euroskeptic inspired by US President Donald Trump, won the runoff with 50.89 percent of the vote to Trzaskowski's 49.11 percent, according to final results from the National Electoral Commission.
Though Poland’s president does not govern directly, the office holds significant veto power.
Nawrocki is set to be sworn in on August 6, succeeding President Andrzej Duda, who was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term.
The tight presidential race highlighted deep political and cultural divisions in Poland, a key NATO member on the alliance’s eastern flank and a neighbour of war-torn Ukraine.
Tusk’s government was formed in 2023 after a bloc of parties led by his centrist-liberal Civic Coalition (KO) came to power following a strong showing in parliamentary elections earlier that year.
Tusk previously served as Poland’s prime minister from 2007 to 2014 before becoming president of the European Council, a post he held until 2019.
Poland's next parliamentary elections are scheduled for 2027.
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Source: IAR, PAP, TVN24