Tusk fails to win decisive victory in Poland local and regional elections

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Poland’s local and regional elections over the weekend failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had hoped for in his efforts to reverse eight years of rule by a populist party that was accused by the European Union of eroding democratic norms.

Exit polls released after voting closed on Sunday night show that Mr Tusk’s centrist Civic Coalition did well in big cities, where it is popular with social liberals.