Polish president's vetoes unsettle ruling coalition


REFILE - CHANGING SLUG Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks during his media announcement about Supreme Court legislation at Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda ratified one of three judicial reform bills on Tuesday, but his veto of two others dealt a blow to the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party and threatened to sow divisions in the coalition it heads.

Amid signals from one of PiS's junior partners that it backed the president's stance, a senior party figure denied that the coalition was in jeopardy or that an early election might be necessary.

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