Most Poles doubt PM Tusk's coalition will retain power after next election: survey

A majority of Poles do not believe Prime Minister Donald Tusk's governing coalition will remain in power after the country's next parliamentary election, according to a new survey.

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The poll, conducted by United Surveys by IBRiS for the Wirtualna Polska news website, found that 58.3 percent of respondents believe the coalition will lose power.

Of those, 31.3 percent said it would "definitely not" remain in office, while 27 percent answered "probably not."

Meanwhile, 22.9 percent said they expected the coalition to win another term, including 7.2 percent who answered "definitely yes" and 15.7 percent who said "probably yes."

A further 18.8% said they were undecided.

Among supporters of the governing coalition, 64 percent said they believed it would retain power after the next election, while 19 percent disagreed and 17 percent were undecided.

Among opposition supporters, 95 percent said the coalition would lose power, with just 1 percent expecting it to remain in office and 4 percent undecided.

The poll was conducted from July 10 to 12 using a combination of telephone and online interviews on a nationwide representative sample of 1,000 adults.

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Source: PAP