Polish lower house appoints new deputy speaker

Malgorzata Gosiewska was on Wednesday appointed new deputy speaker of the lower house of the Polish parliament, the Sejm, replacing Beata Mazurek, who has been elected a European Parliament member. Gosiewska and Mazurek are both members of the ruling party, the conservative but socially-oriented Law and Justice (PiS). Gosiewska's candidacy was supported by 246 MPs in the 460-member Sejm, while 121 opposed her and 38 abstained from the vote.