Polish president, Andrzej Dudahe preferred his co-religionist ultraconservative Mateusz MorawieckiEven though he was a party, entrusting him with the task of establishing the new government in Poland Law and Justice (PiS) does not have the parliamentary majority to ensure his appointment. Duda announced his decision in a television intervention while he was leader of the liberal opposition. Donald Tusksigned a virtual coalition agreement With the European bloc having sufficient support in the parliament (Sejm).
Duda adhered to the principle of giving first choice to the party that received the most votes in the last elections, the outgoing prime minister’s PiS. On the same election night, it was claimed from the presidential office that the head of state would follow this line “by tradition”, even though Tusk started negotiations with potential allies immediately after approving the poll results. parliamentary majority. Morawiecki will now be put to a vote by the Sejm following the founding session of the Assembly. next November 13. If he cannot gain the required majority, Tusk will have a chance to try in two or three weeks.
The last October 15 general election left the ultra-nationalist government party as the top vote-getting force. original Duda, although he officially suspended his duties Militancy after taking over the presidency. The party of Morawiecki, who leads the “hawk” of Polish politics Jaroslaw KaczynskiThe Chamber of Deputies won 194 of the total 460 seats in the Sejm. Even with educational support far-right and libertarian Confederation, He would have the required majority with 18 deputies. The pro-European opposition bloc has 248 seats with 157 seats. Tusk Civilian Platform (PO)plus 65 from the Third Way, a centrist alliance, and 26 from the leftist Lewica.
Three opposition parties announced their desire to form a coalition on the same election night and have repeatedly confirmed this determination, as well as negotiating a coalition agreement in which they aspire to govern. Already in Duda’s consultations with successive parties after the elections, the opposition bloc called on the president to appoint the future prime minister as soon as possible. According to him, this task can only fall on Tusk because he is the only one with a parliamentary majority supporting him.
The founding session of the Sejm convened on 13 November in accordance with the established constitutional deadlines.
Tusk hopes for European reunification
Tusk, who was his country’s prime minister between 2007 and 2014 and later became president. Council of Europe, began contacts with other leaders of the community bloc shortly after the elections. He thus confirmed the dynamic of the election campaign: the desire to return to the head of the Warsaw government to mark the path to reconciliation with Brussels after eight consecutive years of conflict with community institutions led by PiS.
Warsaw during this time Constant headache for Brussels, both for his controversial judicial reform, which puts a check on the independence of Justice, and for his blocking of successive proposals on immigration issues. During this period, relations with the European Commission (EC) were reduced to a minimum and the funds sent to Poland after the epidemic came to a point of freezing. If elected, one of Tusk’s tasks will be to reverse the most complex aspects of the reforms promoted under PiS.
Added to these controversial reforms were the government’s attacks on media and groups considered critical of PiS. LGTBI. But perhaps the most important thing that brought all the opposition together in favor of Tusk was this: Abortion reform implemented by PiS. Poland already had a very restrictive law on this issue, but under PiS, voluntary termination of pregnancy was practically prohibited even in extreme cases. Tusk’s determination to repeal this reform mobilized segments of the public who did not identify with the former prime minister’s line and assured him of post-election support from left-wing groups such as Lewica.