The new government of Polish Prime Minister-designate Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence on Tuesday,
DW reports.
It comes a day after a majority of Polish MPs elected Tusk as the country's new prime minister when the proposed conservative government of acting PM Mateusz Morawiecki failed to win lawmakers' backing.
Tusk became prime minister nearly two months after national elections won by a coalition of parties ranging from left-wing to moderately conservative.
Speaking to lawmakers on Tuesday, 66-year-old Tusk expressed a vote of confidence in the European Union.
"We are all the stronger, all the more sovereign when not only Poland is stronger but also the European Union," he said.
Tusk has vowed to improve Warsaw's relations with Brussels, which have been plagued by tensions during the past eight years of Law and Justice (PiS) party rule.
PiS repeatedly clashed with Brussels over rule-of-law issues, with the European Union casting doubts over the independence of the judiciary following an overhaul.
Citing the concerns, the EU has blocked tens of billions of euros in grants and loans from the bloc's COVID pandemic relief program as well as development assistance.
To get those funds flowing again, Warsaw will need to reverse changes to the judicial system.
On Tuesday, Tusk said he would go to Brussels this week and "bring back billions of euros," referring to the frozen funds.
Tusk and his cabinet are set to be formally sworn in on Wednesday morning by President Andrzej Duda.
He previously served as Poland's prime minister from 2007 to 2014 before taking over as European Council president from 2014 to 2019.
