“If the Tusk-Sikorski duo wants to undermine the principles of security and foreign affairs, it will certainly meet with a harsh response from the president,” said the former deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former head of the International Policy Office. from the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland and former deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an interview with wPolityce.pl Law and Justice MP Marcin Przydacz.
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The PiS politician referred to Donald Tusk’s announcement about the appointment of Radosław Sikorski as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He pointed out that the coalition of Szymon Hołownia and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz paved the way for the former PO leaders to come to power.
Donald Tusk is back and all the Civic Platform faces we remember from before 2015 are back. These are the faces of the Platform that Poles have been rejecting for years. This should especially give food for thought to the so-called voters. The Third Way, which was supposed to be an intermediate choice between PO and PiS, became the way for Donald Tusk, Radosław Sikorski and Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz to return to power. These are all the people the Poles dismissed as discredited in 2015
– he declared.
I view Minister Sikorski’s announcement of his return negatively. I believe that it is bad for the interests of the Polish state and for future Polish foreign policy that Mr Sikorski should become head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again.
– added.
Differences in foreign policy
The former deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also considered whether Donald Tusk and Radosław Sikorski could employ a tactic to undermine the foreign policy powers of the President of the Republic of Poland.
The duo Tusk and Sikorski will be remembered in history as the inventors of the reset policy with Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the pursuit of a policy that exceptionally listened to the voices from Western European capitals. President Andrzej Duda, in turn, pursued a sovereign foreign policy aimed at strengthening the alliance with the United States, security policy in the context of Russian aggression and regional policy – suffice it to mention the Three Seas Initiative and the Bucharest Nine . For me it is clear what is good for Polish interests and this is what President Andrzej Duda’s policy implements.
– said Marcin Przydacz.
If the Tusk-Sikorski duo wants to undermine these principles in the field of security and foreign affairs, it will certainly be met with a harsh response from the president. Knowing the working methods of these two gentlemen, I think that unfortunately we can expect very unpleasant actions from Tusk and Sikorski, because I find it difficult to judge them as gentlemen full of culture.
– he added.
Difficult to live together
Taking into account the bad experiences of Polish cohabitation when the late President Lech Kaczyński and Donald Tusk were the head of the government, many commentators expect an intensification of hostility between the two centers of executive power. Questions are being raised as to whether the infamous fights between PO politicians ‘over the plane and the seat’ will happen again.
The President of the Republic of Poland has the strongest mandate to fulfill his office. Ten and a half million Poles individually voted for President Andrzej Duda and the president has the right to implement the policies he deems right for the interests of the Polish state. It also has its constitutional powers and powers to conduct foreign policy
– said MP Marcin Przydacz with conviction.
A former adviser to President Duda expressed his belief that the head of state will only seek a conciliatory solution to problems with the government if Donald Tusk’s cabinet does not undermine key issues for state security.
If the Tusk-Sikorski duo does not undermine the main objectives of Polish foreign policy – that is, guaranteeing security for Poles – then I see the possibility of good cooperation here. However, the history of the past twenty years, especially the term of office of then Prime Minister Tusk and Foreign Minister Sikorski, shows us that they are unable to uphold the principles enshrined in Polish law, but also in Polish habit. and properly implement the policy in the context of cohabitation.
– Przydacz explained it.
I would like to wish Poland and all of us that this cooperation will go as smoothly as possible. I believe that President Andrzej Duda will try to work with the government as best he can, but I am not so sure about the attitude of Mr Sikorski and Mr Tusk. In their case, I fear that the politics of strife and malice, characterized by individual emotions and not by the interests of the Polish state, will return.
– he concluded.
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Source: wPolityce