President's office: consultations with party leaders in "good atmosphere"

Polish president Andrzej Duda held consultations on Tuesday with Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest liberal opposition grouping Civic Coalition.

Poland's mainstream opposition parties said on Tuesday they are ready to form a government under the premiership of Tusk, as they urged Duda to make a quick decision on the transfer of power.

A PiS delegation led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also met Duda at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday.

Chief of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Grażyna Ignaczak-Bandych said on social media that the first two meetings "went on in good atmosphere".

"The president congratulated Law and Justice on winning the election and Civic Coalition on the good election result. Both groupings presented their candidates for prime minister and declared the will to form a government," she added.

Ignaczak-Bandych also said the president had reassured he would uphold constitutional standards and the scheduled dates for the first parliamentary session and appointment of the new cabinet.

"He underscored he hopes for a good cooperation with the government. Especially in terms of broadly understood security and international affairs," the head of the president's office informed.

The remaining three meeting have been scheduled for Wednesday. At 11 a.m., the president will speak with representatives of Third Way, with New left - at 1 p.m., and Confederation - at 3 p.m.

Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalists Law and Justice (PiS), is holding consultations on Tuesday and Wednesday with all the parliamentary parties that won seats in the Oct. 15 elections.

With PiS having fallen short of a majority, pro-European Union opposition parties look poised to take power in a huge shift for Poland after eight years of feuding with Brussels over issues ranging from judicial independence to LGBT rights.