Donald Tusk (L), leader of the centre-right liberal Civic Platform party, and the party's Secretary General Marcin Kierwinski attend a session as Poland's new parliament meets for the first time with both the ruling populists and the pro-European opposition bidding to form the next government, on November 13, 2023 in Warsaw. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party won the largest number of seats in October's elections, though well short of a majority. Even so, President Andrzej Duda has given it first crack at forming a new government, which it has no chance of doing. Three pro-EU parties led by former prime minister and European Council president Donald Tusk won enough to form a majority and are gearing up to take power, though they first will have to wait for PiS's efforts to fail. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)