WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Monday that key elections for mayors and state and county government leaders will be held on April 7, with run-offs to be held on April 21. He said he would be killed.
This election will test public support for the new pro-European Union coalition, just six months after winning the parliamentary elections.
Despite talks, Poland's president and new prime minister remain divided over the rule of law
Tusk and his cabinet took office last month, vowing to restore the importance and power of mayors and local governments that the previous right-wing government had sought to limit. Local governments suffered from funding cuts, and projects and investments stalled.
Just six months after the defeat of the ruling Law and Justice party, Poland's new government will be tested in local elections. (Photo credit: STR/NurPhoto, Getty Images)
“I hope April will be a good month for Polish local government activists,” the Prime Minister said.
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Tensions are rising between the new government and President Andrzej Duda, whose allies include the previously ruling Law and Justice Party (now in the opposition).
Law and Justice is delaying the government's proposed legislation in Parliament. Duda has vetoed a bill on funding state media, and his aides have warned that the president will continue to veto cabinet proposals.
