Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government survived a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, shoring up its mandate after the nationalist opposition’s victory in Poland’s presidential election deepened political gridlock and raised doubts about Tusk’s ability to deliver on key reforms.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday won a confidence vote 243-210. The result averts early elections while keeping Tusk's pro-EU alliance in place.

Tusk called for a vote, noting Poland's new reality after the election loss of his close ally - Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski to nationalist Karol Nawrocki The Polish government survived a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday,