Courtesy of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland

Although Polish President Bronisław Komorowski won't officially authorize Prime Minister Donald Tusk to create a new government before November 8, Mr Tusk is planning to meet with politicians this week to discuss the new arrangements, Gazeta Wyborcza reported, citing unnamed sources.

This week he is expected to meet with politicians from the Civic Platform (PO) party's parliamentary caucus in order to discuss possible appointments. PO is the senior member of the ruling coalition, and won October's parliamentary election.

Some candidacies are certain, such as those of current Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski and current Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

Michał Boni is also expected to be given a ministerial position – he currently acts as chief of the PM's advisory team. He is expected to be nominated to the post of minister of digitization and administration, in a new department separate from the Ministry of Infrastructure.

The Labor Ministry in the new government would stay in the hands of the Polish People's Party (PSL), the junior member of the ruling coalition. The party's leader, Waldemar Pawlak, wants current Labor Minister Jolanta Fedak to remain in charge. This is despite the fact that Ms Fedak failed to win a seat in Poland's lower house of parliament, the Sejm.

PSL will likely continue to control the ministries of economy and agriculture.

According to Gazeta Wyborcza, Adam Giersz will no longer act as the sports minister, as the position is being offered to Sławomir Nowak, who left the President's Chancellery recently.

Poland A.M.