‘Consolidation of democracy’ in Poland as Tusk re-elected PM

CENTRE-RIGHT leader Donald Tusk last night became the first Polish prime minister since the fall of communism in 1989 to win a second consecutive term following his Civic Platform’s election victory.

Investors hailed the outcome as a guarantee of political and economic stability in the European Union’s largest eastern member in turbulent times, but ratings agency Fitch urged Warsaw to move swiftly to put its public finances in order.

With 99% of the votes from Sunday’s election counted yesterday, Tusk’s pro-business party had 39% and its main rival, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s nationalist-conservative Law and Justice party, 30%.