Polish parliament taps Tusk to form next govt

WARSAW: Polish lawmakers on Monday tapped former EU chief Donald Tusk with forming the next government, signalling major policy shifts for the country after eight years of right-wing populist rule.

The lower house of parliament, which is controlled by Tusk´s pro-EU alliance, had earlier Monday rejected the conservative camp´s proposed new cabinet. “It´s a great day for everyone who over these long years firmly believed that things would get better, that we would chase away the darkness,” Tusk said in parliament after 248 MPs voted in favour of him and 201 against.