(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Rsaw june 26 (qna) - polish prime minister donald tusk on wednesday won a confidence vote he called after members of his cabinet were implicated in a scandal over leaked recordings that has severely embarrassed his government.
tusk was backed by 237 parliamentarians out of 440 who cast votes the (dpa) reported.
the confidence vote came ahead of a european union summit due to start thursday in brussels.
before the vote tusk said he wanted assurance that the government had the mandate and the majority to continue its work. he also admitted that the illegal recordings affected dozens maybe hundreds of people.
but he said if he won the vote "it would create a feeling in brussels that poland seems to be ok in terms of political stability and we'll be able to talk calmly and seriously." (qna)
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