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Prime minister Donald Tusk’s defeat of the former ruling party PiS in elections last October brought hope for a less strained relationship between Poland and the EU. It also brought hope for more favourable policies towards banks, after the PiS government’s mortgage holidays and bank taxes.
The change of government, furthermore, has spurred governance changes in state-owned companies, which grew in importance under the former government, including in banking.
State-owned PKO BP, Poland’s biggest bank, has struggled to maintain stability in its leadership since the departure of long-standing chief executive Zbigniew Jagiello in 2021.
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