Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended his centrist, pro-European government before parliament on Wednesday, seeking to reassert control and rally his fractured coalition after suffering a bitter political defeat.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday won a confidence vote 243-210. The result averts early elections while keeping Tusk's pro-EU alliance in place.

Tusk called for a vote, noting Poland's new reality after the election loss of his close ally - Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski to nationalist Karol Nawrocki The Polish government survived a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday,