...Poland is a parliamentary democracy. The liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO) has been in power since November 2007 in a coalition with the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL), with the PO leader, Donald Tusk, as prime minister. Presidential elections were held in October 2005 and parliamentary elections in October 2007, two years ahead of schedule, following the collapse of the previous government, which was led by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party. The head of state, who has few executive powers, is the president. This is currently Lech Kaczynski, the twin brother of the PiS leader and prime minister in the outgoing government, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The president's five-year term runs until 2010 and the next parliamentary election is due in late 2011. The SLD government takes Poland into the EU, but collapses amid corruption allegations. The SLD-led government that was elected in 2001 completed the EU accession negotiations successfully at the end of December 2002 and, following an...
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