Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk mentioned on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) that parliament will maintain a confidence vote on his government on June 11, because the nation faces a “new political reality.”
He referred to as for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, misplaced Poland’s weekend presidential election to conservative Karol Nawrocki.
“We are starting the session in a new political reality,” Mr. Tusk mentioned, in the beginning of a Cabinet assembly in Warsaw. “The political reality is new, because we have a new president. But the constitution, our obligations and the expectations of citizens have not changed. In Poland, the government rules, which is a great obligation and honour.”
Mr. Tusk’s government runs many of the day-to-day issues in Poland. It additionally exists individually from the presidency, however the president holds energy to veto legal guidelines and affect overseas coverage, and Mr. Nawrocki’s win will make it extraordinarily tough for Mr. Tusk to press his pro-European agenda.
There are already questions on whether or not Mr. Tusk’s fragile coalition can survive till the following scheduled parliamentary election on the finish of 2027. Some of his political opponents are calling for him to step down.
The determination to name a confidence vote is seemingly an try by Mr. Tusk to strive to reassert authority in a shifting political scenario the place a few of his coalition companions may be much less doubtless to need to keep on with him.
Mr. Tusk oversees a coalition of a number of events spanning an ideological divide, from left-wing progressives to centrists to agrarian conservatives. The divided coalition has failed to agree on some points and the government has failed to fulfill a few of Mr. Tusk’s key guarantees, together with a liberalisation of the restrictive abortion regulation.
Mr. Nawrocki, who was supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, received 50.89% of votes in a decent race in opposition to Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who obtained 49.11%.
The election revealed deep divisions within the nation alongside the jap flank of NATO and the European Union.
Nawrocki, who is ready to take workplace on Aug. 6, is predicted to form the nation’s home and overseas coverage in ways in which might pressure ties with Brussels whereas aligning the Central European nation of almost 38 million folks extra intently with the Trump administration.
Trump welcomed his election, saying on his social media platform Truth Social: “Congratulations Poland, you picked a WINNER!”
Nawrocki replied to Trump on X, saying: (*11*)
Nawrocki will change Duda, whose second five-year time period ends on Aug. 6. The Polish structure limits presidents to two phrases.
Duda has invited Nawrocki to a gathering on Tuesday night, and mentioned he believes will probably be solely the primary of conferences through which he’ll share his experiences, primarily within the area of safety coverage and worldwide coverage.
Published – June 03, 2025 07:55 pm IST
