Krakow elects Łukasz Gibała as president in blow to Tusk coalition
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Krakow has a new president after Łukasz Gibała won the city’s early mayoral election. His victory was built on a rare alignment of voters from both the Law and Justice (PiS) party and the left-wing Razem. For Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the loss of Poland’s second city to an independent marks a break in the momentum of his ruling coalition.
The legal files of the previous government continue to grow. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into Michał Kołodziejczak, a member of the Sejm, while Prime Minister Tusk noted that over 30 million PLN was spent on the Pegasus spyware system. The prosecution has now confirmed that data from the system was leaked from Poland.
Public safety has been punctured by a series of domestic incidents. While the unemployment rate for September remained unchanged, police are facing questions after a 44-year-old man was fatally shot by an officer in Bydgoszcz. Further investigations are underway after a woman died in a stabbing in Legnica and a knife attack was reported in Lublin.