Poland: Parliamentary elections took place in Poland on Sunday, resulting in a likely change of government. Today (17th October), with
100% of the votes counted, the ruling right-wing party Law and Justice (PiS) has obtained the largest amount of votes, but not the majority of seats in the Sejm (Polish Parliament lower chamber) it would need to govern. The sum of the opposition parties – the centre-right parties Civic Coalition (KO), Third Way (TD) and the left-wing Nowa Lewica (New Left) – makes a coalition government led by Civic Coalition leader Donald Tusk a feasible outcome. This will depend on whether TD decides to join the coalition government and give support to Tusk. This government switch could bring about some changes around e-cigarettes and tobacco products, as Tusk’s party has advocated in the past for limiting excise tax increases. However, it is still uncertain, as none of the opposition parties have made any reference to tobacco policies in their programmes.
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