WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that Poland’s parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11, as the country faces a “new political reality.” He called for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, lost Poland’s weekend presidential election to conservative Karol Nawrocki.

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11. He called for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, lost Poland’s weekend presidential election to conservative Karol Nawrocki.

Nawrocki’s election now ensures two more years of gridlock for the centrist coalition — if Tusk’s government can hold on that long. “The election result shows that Poland is very polarized, very divided down the middle,

Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland's presidential election, results showed Monday, delivering a major blow to the centrist government's efforts to cement Warsaw's pro-European orientation.