Polish finance minister chosen as new PM as Szydlo resigns:

Poland's governing rightwing party today tapped its Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, an ex- banker, to replace Prime Minister Beata Szydlo who has tendered her resignation.

"The Law and Justice (PiS) party political committee has proposed the candidature of of Mateusz Morawiecki for prime minister," governing party spokeswoman Beata Mazurek told reporters in Warsaw.

Mazurek added that current Prime Minister Beata Szydlo had tendered her resignation to the PiS political committee.