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Presidential election stabilises Poland

Poland's president designate Bronisław Komorowski will bring political stability to the country and clear the way for pressing reforms, commentators write, adding that his election may help overcome the divisions ailing Polish society.

Blog Marko Mihkelson - Estonia

After the victory of Bronisław Komorowski in the Polish presidential elections the country should return to harmony and stability, writes Estonian politician Marko Mihkelson in his blog: "Komorowski's success is also a triumph for Prime Minister Donald Tusk because both belong to the same party and this means that the leadership of the country lies in the same hands. This is particularly important for economic policy decisions and to steer the country towards the euro. The budget deficit is at over seven percent and introducing the single currency will hardly be possible before 2015. Komorowski's victory also contains the clear message that Poland's influence in the EU will increase because along with Jarosław Kaczyński the eurosceptic camp has suffered a defeat. In the coming year Poland will take over the EU Council presidency and the results of the presidential election open up new prospects for that." (06/07/2010)

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NRC Handelsblad - Netherlands

In the presidential elections the Poles were not led by their feelings but by their sense of reason, because the victor Bronisław Komorowski stands for a future with Europe and for peace in his own country, writes the daily NRC Handelsblad: "The upshot is that Poland won't have to face another cohabitation along French lines. Because the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, party comrade of the former parliamentary speaker Komorowski, was hindered in its functions by the former president, who had a veto right and sometimes even literally stood in the way of the prime minister at European summit meetings in Brussels. ... How long this situation of political stability will last in Poland is a moot point. Parliamentary elections will take place next year, and in the meantime even Poland will not be able to avoid unpopular crisis measures. Opposition leader Kaczyński will try to turn that to his advantage." (06/07/2010)

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Népszabadság - Hungary

The election of Bronisław Komorowski as Polish president clears the way for much needed reforms, writes the left-liberal daily Népszabadság: "As opposed to Jarosław Kaczyński, Komorowski is duty-bound to the West. And he has the backing of the educated classes. ... In electing Komorowski as head of state the Poles have not only voted for Western-oriented policies, but also for - possibly painful - changes. And above all they have voted for an end to the politically motivated social division in the country. Komorowski's election is a major victory for his party, the liberal Civic Platform, and for Prime Minister Donald Tusk. ... The government can no longer put off pressing reforms, for example of the health and pension systems." (06/07/2010)

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