Poland’s ruling coalition collapsed on Tuesday after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki dismissed his deputy Jaroslaw Gowin — the head of a junior coalition party.
“My dismissal is de facto a rupture of the governing coalition,” Gowin told reporters.
Gowin and his Agreement party have been increasingly at odds with the main coalition partner, the populist right-wing Law and Justice party, in recent months.
But his departure does not mean that the government collapses automatically, as there would need to be a formal vote of no confidence by parliament.