By Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw The Polish government’s acute conflict with President Andrzej Duda has created risks to the government’s effectiveness that can hit Poland’s fiscal consolidation efforts, delay receipt of EU funds, and adversely affect market sentiment, Fitch Ratings said on February 5. The new government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, took office in mid-December going head-on against Duda, an ally of the ex-ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, almost from day one. “Flashpoints have included reform of Poland’s state-owned media, the jailing of two PIS members of parliament subseq…