Stability Still Required

In early February, the minority Law and Justice (PiS) government faced its first major hurdle in government, and for all the negative consequences of its decision, showed a shrewd grasp of the domestic political climate. Following a series of delays over the 2006 budget, the threat of early elections in February loomed large, and polls in late January even suggested a small majority for opposition Civic Platform (PO), spelling potentially disastrous results for the PiS. The signing of a new 'stabilisation pact' on 2 February forestalled early election threats, and enlisted the support of minority parties Self-Defence (SO) and the

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