Polish Pro-EU Party Seeks No-Confidence Vote Against Government
- Motion has nearly no chance of ousting Prime Minister Szydlo
- Opposition support is rising after Poland’s isolation in EU
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Poland’s largest opposition party filed for a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and her government in a bid to reassert its pro-European Union stance after its support surged in opinion polls.
The Civic Platform’s motion has practically no chance of winning because the ruling Law & Justice party controls a majority in parliament. In order to oust Szydlo in the vote, which the opposition party seeks to hold in early April, at least 231 lawmakers in the 460-seat lower house must back a candidate to replace her.