Election boosts Poland’s ruling party

THE election of Bronislaw Komorowski’s as president offered Poland’s pro-business ruling party an opportunity but also a challenge, as it prepared to govern without a hostile head of state.

With parliamentary elections scheduled for late 2011, the Civic Platform party of Komorowski and prime minister Donald Tusk must now show the country whether it can tackle major economic problems, including high debt and unemployment.

“Civic Platform! You now have total power,” the tabloid Fakt declared in large type on its front page yesterday. “Show what you can do – you have a year!”