Analysis-New Polish government inherits troubled budget legacy
Last-minute spending by Poland's outgoing nationalists since their mid-October election defeat has added to strains on the budget, complicating new Prime Minister Donald Tusk's efforts to deliver on campaign pledges. A Reuters tally of new spending commitments since Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party lost its parliamentary majority on Oct. 15 showed outlays ranging from subsidies for coal mines to bonuses for company managers and other items adding up to around one full percentage point of gross domestic product. While that tally is small compared with the size of central Eu...