Tusk sees Sikorski as head of the Foreign Ministry; making this man head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is harmful to Polish relations in NATO – wrote PiS member Beata Szydło on Platform
During Friday’s conference, the candidate for Prime Minister of the KO, Third Way and New Left coalition, leader of the Civic Platform, Donald Tusk, announced that Radosław Sikorski is a candidate for the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After meeting with candidates for future ministers in his office, Tusk said that “Radosław Sikorski is a Member of the European Parliament and his duties as a Member of the European Parliament were holding him back. He must resolve formal issues before becoming a minister. Yes, he is running for secretary of state. Nothing has changed here.”
Former Prime Minister and PiS member Beata Szydło commented on this information on the X platform (formerly Twitter).
Tusk sees Sikorski as head of the Foreign Ministry. That of Sikorski, who not so long ago became a hero of the Russian media when his entry suggested American participation in the blowing up of Nord Stream. Sikorski, who previously led the #reset with Russia by admitting Lavrov to a meeting of Polish ambassadors
– she wrote.
As Szydło added: “Making this man head of the Foreign Ministry is detrimental to Polish relations in NATO.”
At the end of November, President Andrzej Duda swore in the new government of Mateusz Morawiecki, formed after parliamentary elections in the so-called first constitutional step. On December 11, the Prime Minister will present a statement to the Sejm with a motion to grant the government a vote of confidence. If he does not get it – and the PiS club has 191 MPs, which does not provide a majority – the Sejm will take over the initiative on the election of the prime minister and the government. The coalition of KO, Third Way and Left has the majority, 248 MPs.
Candidates for Donald Tusk’s government
Tusk also said that the future Minister of Justice will be former Ombudsman Adam Bodnar, the Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański, and Barbara Nowacka (KO) is a candidate for Minister of Education. MP Dariusz Wieczorek (New Left) will in turn become Minister of Science. Czesław Siekierski (PSL) will also join the government, as Minister of Agriculture, and Adam Szłapka as Minister of the European Union. Tusk also reminded that the Ministry of Industry will be located in Katowice, headed by Prof. Marzena Czarnecka.
Previous media information indicates that in Donald Tusk’s government, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, head of PSL, will be the deputy prime minister and minister of national defense, and Krzysztof Gawkowski (New Left) will be the deputy prime minister and minister of digitalization will be.
Marcin Kierwiński is a candidate for the office of Minister of the Interior and Administration, Tomasz Siemoniak becomes coordinator of the secret services; Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz – Minister of Culture and National Heritage; Borys Budka – Minister of State Assets; Sławomir Nitras – Minister of Sports and Tourism; Izabela Leszczyna – Minister of Health; Dariusz Klimczak – Minister of Infrastructure; Krzysztof Hetman – Minister of Development and Technology; Paulina Hennig-Kloska – Minister of Climate and Environment; Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz – Minister of Funds and Regional Policy; Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk – Minister of Family Affairs and Social Policy.
Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz will also join the government – Minister Member of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Higher Policy; Katarzyna Kotula, Minister Member of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Equality; Agnieszka Buczyńska, Minister Member of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Civil Society.
Jan Grabiec becomes minister-member of the Council of Ministers, head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, and Maciej Berek – secretary of the Council of Ministers, chairman of the Government Legislative Center.
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Source: wPolityce
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