June 11 (UPI) -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday won a confidence vote to remain at the helm of the country and avoid early elections.
Members of Parliament in the lower house voted 243-210 in favor of keeping Tusk on as prime minister and keeping Tusk's pro-EU alliance in place.
The confidence vote was prompted by the narrow election victory of right-wing Law and Justice, or PiS, President Karol Nawrocki June 1, who defeated Tusk-aligned Rafal Trzaskowski.
TNawrocki has veto power over legislation while Tusk's governing coalition lacks enough votes to override vetoes.
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