Inštitucionálne ukazovatele politickej rivality o vedúce postavenie medzi prezidentom a premiérom Poľskej republiky v období tretej kohabitácie
Institutional Determinants of Political Rivalry for Leadership between the President and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland during the Third

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the article is to describe and explain the phenomenon of rivalry for political leadership in the framework of the Polish executive in the years 2007-2010. This period has been defined as a period of cohabitation. Its specificity stems from the fact that the most important actors of this rivalry (president and prime minister) represented political parties with a rather right-wing political orientation. Despite this their institutional coexistence was marked with a compromise deficit. This, in turn, determined the search for sources of tension between the president and prime minister. In order to address this undesirable situation, the political environment focused solely on institutional factors determining the relationship between the key figures within the executive, which resulted in the proposal of specific constitutional changes. The multiplicity of the emerging proposals, however, could not conceal the fact that the causes of conflict were also embedded in behavioural factors.

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