How a Tusk-led government could bring radical change to Poland | Analysis

Warmer EU and Kyiv relations along with a focus on the rule of law, women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights could ensue if polls are accurate

If the exit polls turn out to be accurate, Poland is heading for a new government run by Donald Tusk. The change, after eight years of populist rule by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, would be a remarkable political reverse. A potential Tusk government may be restricted in its legislative manoeuvres by the veto of PiS-aligned president, Andrzej Duda, in office until 2025, but would nonetheless radically change Poland's domestic and foreign policy landscape.

From warmer relations with Brussels and Kyiv, to a relaxation of some of Europe's strictest abortion laws and the advent of same-sex civil partnerships, we take a closer look at what this new era might conceivably look like both at home and abroad.