Irish Examiner view:  A vote in favour of democracy as Donald Tusk poised to take the helm in Poland

It appears that Sunday’s vote will have major implications not only for the country itself, but the wider world as well

Donald Tusk EPA/JULIEN WARNAND

Donald Tusk may not yet have been installed as the next prime minister of Poland, but the early results from Sunday’s election there indicate he is poised, along with other centrist and moderate parties, to end the rule of one of Europe’s most successful populist right-wing governments.

The Law and Justice party (PiS) has ruled the country for the last eight years and become one of the most successful of its kind in Europe, rolling back democratic norms, curtailing women’s rights, and stifling a free media. But it appears that Sunday’s vote will have major implications not only for Poland, but the wider world as well.