Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centre-left coalition has lost a parliamentary vote on legislation proposed by the opposition Conservatives (PiS)-allied President Karol Nawrocki. Nine MPs from the “Poland 2050” centrist party, including its leader, founder and the Speaker of Parliament Szymon Hołownia, decided to back the President’s stance, while 12 more abstained. As a result, Tusk’s government lost the ballot on the first reading of the bill 211-203 and the legislation will now go to the committee stage. Nawrocki won another battle with Tusk when, also on September 26, he signed legislation that will ensure continued support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland. On September 27, Hołownia announced that early in the New Year he will step down from his position as leader of Poland 2050.