The leaders of the United Right coalition - Law and Justice chief Jarosław Kaczyński, the Porozumienie (Agreement) grouping’s Jarosław Gowin, and Solidarity Poland’s Zbigniew Ziobro - signed the new deal on Saturday, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
“I am very happy that our full unity, stability, which is so badly needed today, has been confirmed,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said after the signing.
The leaders of the coalition have not yet disclosed any of the agreement’s details, PAP reported.
Ryszard Terlecki, a senior lawmaker with Law and Justice, has previously said that the party’s leader, Jarosław Kaczyński, was set to join the government as a deputy prime minister.
Kaczyński, who is not prime minister despite leading the biggest party in government, is expected to take on a new role as the head of a committee overseeing the key justice, defence and interior ministries, a PiS politician told the PAP news agency.
A rift between the three ruling parties at one point threatened to break up their coalition and triggered warnings that Poland faced the prospect of a minority government or early elections.
Tensions between the three ruling parties spilled over after the junior partners in the coalition last week refused to support an animal rights bill strongly backed by Kaczyński.
Without lawmakers from its two junior coalition partners, Law and Justice would not have a majority in Poland’s lower house.
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Source: PAP