(From top) Leader of Law and Justice (PIS) Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Mariusz Blaszczak and Jacek Sasin leave the plenary hall in the Polish Parliament, Warsaw on December 11, 2023. Polish lawmakers on Monday voted to reject the proposed conservative government, a widely expected outcome that paves the way for the rival pro-EU alliance to form the next administration. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)