Coalition parties discuss further steps

“The participants have confirmed the stability of the coalition,” government spokesperson Paweł Graś told Polish Radio after a meeting between Civic Platform (PO) and Polish People’s Party (PSL) representatives on Monday evening. The meeting took two and a half hours and was focused on the planned no confidence vote against the government, scheduled to take place on Wednesday. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Sejm Speaker Ewa Kopacz, parliamentary caucus chairman Rafał Grupiński represented PO. Deputy PM Janusz Piechociński from PSL was in turn accompanied by caucus chairman Jan Bury, deputy speaker Eugeniusz Grzeszczak, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki and Labor Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. PSL has earlier signaled that its MPs would not necessarily support Interior Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz in the vote against him. On Tuesday evening their parliamentary caucus will meet to discuss the issue.