Poland's Tusk-led pro-EU opposition signs deal and waits to govern
Poland's opposition has agreed a coalition deal paving the way for them to form a new government following last month's parliamentary elections, BBC reports.
Leaders from Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition signed the agreement in parliament with two other groups.
The pro-EU opposition won a comfortable majority in October's vote but will have to wait to form a government.
The ruling right-wing nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) has been given the first crack at forming a coalition.
Earlier this week President Andrzej Duda handed the task to incumbent Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, as PiS won the 15 October vote as the largest party.
Mr Morawiecki has practically no chance of succeeding as all the other parties have ruled out working with Law and Justice.
Although PiS won 194 out of the 460 seats in Poland's parliament, the Sejm, the opposition secured a majority with 248.
Civic Coalition (KO) signed the deal in the Sejm on Friday with the agrarian conservative Third Way party and the New Left, ahead of parliament's first sitting on 13 November.
They said they would nominate KO leader and former European Council chief Donald Tusk as candidate for prime minister.
