Poland's governing coalition on brink of collapse
Poland's ruling right-wing coalition was on the brink of collapse on Friday, with leaders mulling a minority government or fresh elections after MPs broke ranks over the adoption of a controversial animal rights bill.
"Any option is now possible -- both a minority government and early elections," Piotr Muller, spokesman for the right-wing United Right government led by the dominant Law and Justice (PiS) party, told local media.
Senior PiS party politician Marek Suski went a step further, telling the commercial TVN24 news channel that "our coalition partners ended the coalition" when they broke ranks on the animal rights law.
"As of today, we have a minority government," he said, adding "our former coalition partners should be clearing their desks."
A PiS spokeswoman told the Onet news website that the "party leaders would meet next week to decide about the future of the government".
Poland's next regularly scheduled parliamentary elections are due in 2023.
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