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...resounding victory for the center-right Civic Platform (PO) party, which is considered friendlier both to business and to the European Union. According to preliminary results released mid-day Monday, the PO received 45% of the vote, compared to just over 30% for the PIS. PO leader Donald Tusk, the likely Prime Minister in a coalition government, said last night: "I am the happiest man in the world...
...coming days Tusk's PO is expected to choose a coalition partner, most likely the socially conservative Polish Peasant's Party, which received about 8% of the vote. Domestically, a PO-led government will seek to deliver on promises to lower taxes on families and businesses. Party officials say Poland's foreign policy will change more in style than in substance: Its leaders will continue to defend national interests but will also seek to have a positive say in the European Union, where the Kaczynski government's recalcitrant stance often caused considerable anger. Radek Sikorski, a former Defense Minister under...
...matters of foreign policy, Civic Platform leaders are just as staunchly nationalistic as their rivals. On Aug. 15 - the same day that Lech Kaczynski paraded alongside columns of tanks and troops to celebrate a great Polish victory over Russian Bolshevik forces in 1920 - the Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk, a prospective Prime Minister, did his own bit for Polish patriotism by trying (unsuccessfully) to enter Belarus to celebrate the holiday with Polish nationals there. Economists, for their part, say that while the Civic Platform is friendlier toward business than the current government, it still may not have the political will...
...Although other states like Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Tennessee are pushing similar programs to expand health care for the neediest, both Blagojevich's plans were touted by his administration as "firsts" for the nation. "We're leading the country in these areas," said Deputy Gov. Bradley Tusk. "It's simple... If [children] are healthier and they can read, they can enjoy a better life and save society later...
...Tusk and Blagojevich's supporters brush off the naysayers. "We're doing this and we're making it work," Tusk said. "To the pundits who only look at health care for children and preschool as a political issue, they have a pretty jaundiced view on life...