Poland's lower parliament chamber, the Sejm, has passed on Saturday a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Donald Tusk's newly re-elected government.
In the 460-member Sejm 234 deputies backed the two-party coalition comprising Tusk's centre-right Civic Platform and the small agrarian Peasants' Party, while 211 voted against.
On Friday, Tusk, whose party won the October 9 parliament election, announced his reform program, which includes raising the retirement age and slashing taxes and pension privileges to reduce debt amid growing concerns about the impact of the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis on Poland's economy.
Poland's budget deficit is expected to reach 5.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 2011, down from nearly 8 percent in 2010 but still above the European Union's 3 percent ceiling.
