Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has defended his centrist, pro-European government before parliament, seeking to reassert control and rally his fractured coalition after suffering a bitter political defeat.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday won a confidence vote 243-210. The result averts early elections while keeping Tusk's pro-EU alliance in place.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government survived a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday, shoring up its mandate after the nationalist opposition's victory in Poland's presidential election deepened political gridlock and raised doubts about Tusk's ability to deliver on key reforms.