(04/04/08) -

Civic Platform’s Support Soars in Poland

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Over the past four months, the governing party in Poland has strengthened significantly, according to a poll by GfK Polonia published in Rzeczpospolita. 60 per cent of respondents would support the Civic Platform (PO) in the next general election, up ten points since November.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Over the past four months, the governing party in Poland has strengthened significantly, according to a poll by GfK Polonia published in Rzeczpospolita. 60 per cent of respondents would support the Civic Platform (PO) in the next general election, up ten points since November.

The Law and Justice Party (PiS) is second with 19 per cent, followed by the Left and Democracy (LiD) with five per cent, and the Peasant’s Party (PSL) with four per cent.

In October 2007, Polish voters renewed the Diet, or lower house of Parliament. Final results gave the PO 41.51 per cent of the vote and 209 seats, followed by the PiS with 32.11 per cent and 166 seats. In November, the PO and the PSL—who together hold 240 seats in the 460-member Diet—agreed to form a coalition government. PO leader Donald Tusk was sworn in as prime minister.

On Apr. 1, the Diet approved a government bill authorizing the Polish president to ratify the new European Union (EU) common body of law or Lisbon Treaty. On Apr. 2, the bill was endorsed by the Polish Senate.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso expressed satisfaction with the outcome, saying, "This vote symbolizes Poland’s confidence in our common European project, and shows that she wants to play an active part in building a Europe which is strong, democratic and efficient, and where its citizens can live in security, peace and prosperity."

Polling Data

What party would you support in the next election?

Source: GfK Polonia / Rzeczpospolita
Methodology: Interviews to 1,000 Polish adults, conducted on Mar. 29 and Mar. 30, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.