WARSAW, Poland (NEWSnet/AP) — The new government of Polish Prime Minister Donald won a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday.

The vote came hours after the leader introduced his ministers and laid out his priorities in an inaugural speech.

The vote, however, was delayed after a far-right lawmaker use a fire extinguisher to put out candles on a Hanukkah menorah in the parliament, creating disruption and scandal as the new pro-EU government was beginning its work.

Tusk and his Cabinet are next expected to be formally sworn in on Wednesday morning by President Andrzej Duda.

Tusk was elected by parliament on Monday. His challenges include restoring democratic standards in Poland, working for the release of European Union funding that was frozen due to democratic backsliding by his predecessors, and seeking to manage the migration that is causing political upheaval in Europe.

A centrist leader who was prime minister from 2007-2014, Tusk is the head of a broad coalition of parties that won election in October and has promised to work together under his leadership to restore democratic standards and improve ties with allies.

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