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Poland's Tusk Unveils New Civic Coalition Ahead of Elections

10/27/2025

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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the formation of a new party, the Civic Coalition (KO), at a convention on October 25, 2025.
The Civic Coalition merges Civic Platform (PO) with Modern (Nowoczesna) and Polish Initiative (iPL).
The party aims to attract voters ahead of the 2027 parliamentary elections and to continue the centrist government's agenda.
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski criticized the merger as a publicity stunt to improve poll numbers.

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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the formation of a new party, the Civic Coalition (KO), at a convention on October 25, 2025.
The Civic Coalition merges Civic Platform (PO) with Modern (Nowoczesna) and Polish Initiative (iPL).
The party aims to attract voters ahead of the 2027 parliamentary elections and to continue the centrist government's agenda.
Opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski criticized the merger as a publicity stunt to improve poll numbers.