Polish PiS seems to have lost some seats in new parliament

EU countries and the European Commission are cautiously relieved by the election gains of the opposition that is emerging in Poland. That would be ‘very good news’. EU and Poland are still often opposed to climate and migration, for example. Polls among voters who cast their vote on Sunday predict that the current conservative-nationalist Polish government will no longer win a majority and will have to give power. The climate ministers of the EU countries who meet in Luxembourg for consultations emphasize that they are still exit polls, but welcome the victory for the opposition cautiously. It would be “absolutely great news for Europe and the EU if such important Central European countries return to the heart of European policy,” said European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, who coordinates European climate policy. In recent years, Poland and Hungary have invariably opposed more ambitious climate plans and, for example, the collection and distribution of asylum seekers together. Sefcovic’s own Slovakia also seems to be heading in that direction. “All of Europe’s ambitious climate leaders are closely following developments in Poland,” said Swedish climate minister Romina Pourmokhtari. “Of course, it sends a powerful message when a government comes more pragmatically looking at climate.”

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