WARSAW, Poland—Poland’s opposition parties elected their candidate as speaker of the Senate on Nov. 12, a small victory for them that allows them to act as a check on the power of the populist right-wing ruling party.
Sen. Tomasz Grodzki was elected speaker in a 51–48 vote with one abstention during the first sitting of the newly elected party. Grodzki hailed the move as a victory for democracy. Until the Nov. 12 vote, it wasn’t certain that the opposition parties would manage to take control of the Senate.
