Tax & Spend

Polish Fiscal Risks Cast Shadow Over Tusk’s Renewed Mandate

The Palace of Science and Culture on the city skyline in Warsaw, Poland.

Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk failed to dispel doubts about his weakened government’s agenda despite winning a parliamentary vote of confidence in his cabinet.

The zloty and Polish bonds gained while Warsaw-listed stocks pared losses as Tusk’s victory averted the worst-case scenario for markets, which would have seen his pro-European Union coalition collapse after a nationalist won June 1 presidential elections.