Poland's coalition government becomes stable
Classified Polnews
Warsaw, Poland November 20, 2006. The infighting and threats of new elections that dominated the relationship of the Polish coalition government parties since last parliamentary elections in Poland are finished. Poland now has a stable government for the foreseeable future.
Local government elections in Poland held earlier this month caused all three parties to rethink their strategies and to make changes in their relationships with coalition members.
Each of the coalition parties, Law and Justice, Samoobrona, and League of Polish Families did not fare as well as they expected in the local elections.
Their performance was poor enough to make all of them suddenly unwilling to face the electorate. As such they are forced to work together to keep the coalition intact.
So the blustering by each of the party leaders about forcing new elections is off the table.
Barring any outside influence, the coalition will find some way to operate over the next the next three years and not have to face elections.
The Long-term effects for Poland will be good in the sense that the country will have a stable government. What it will mean for the Polish economy depends on the point of view of the analyst that is making predictions.
As for the parties themselves it may mean that they drive themselves into political oblivion.
Both Andrzej Lepper, leader of Samoobrona and Roman Giertych, leader of League of Polish Families have been extremists in their own spheres of interest. But now they must cooperate with the Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice Party. And that requires moderation of their demands.
As a moderate their support bases may see them as lapdogs of the Prime Minister. And it may be seen that they are unable to accomplish the agendas that they promised their voters. So if they don't deliver, the may eventually disappear.
But for now they want to keep their jobs in the Polish Parliament so they will help keep the Law and Justice Party in power and the Polish government stable for the next three years.
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