Cezary Tomczyk, Vice-President of the Civic Platform, appears on the program “Graffiti” on Polsat News with a critical view toward how much trust Polish authorities placed in partnerships with Germany during the PO era. He contends that Poland was among the handful of nations effectively steering the European Union during that period, even as he questions the depth of any German alignment. A well-known analysis by Grzegorz Sroczyński on Gazeta.pl is cited to illustrate these debates.
Tomczyk rejects the notion that PO placed excessive faith in Berlin. He argues that Poland, along with other key members of the Weimar Triangle plus Spain and Italy, played a leading role in governance within the European Union, describing it as one of five countries that helped steer the union at the time.
The interview continues with Tomczyk challenging the idea that the platform’s leadership failed to scrutinize its own actions, including the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which many Poles view as harmful to the country’s interests. He notes comments from a prominent PO politician, Rafał Trzaskowski, in 2015 suggesting that the project was driven by private sector interests rather than public policy.
When discussing the leadership of the European Council and the European Parliament, Tomczyk asserts that if Donald Tusk led the Council and Jerzy Buzek headed the Parliament, Poland could have influenced EU decisions more decisively during that era, a claim he characterizes as part of ongoing discourse in Polish political life.
– Tomczyk further contends that such statements reflect the broader debate about Poland’s role in the EU and the internal dynamics of the bloc’s political landscape.
One electoral list from Zandberg to Sawicki? Tomczyk says it could happen
The deputy head of PO believes that an opposition list ranging from Adrian Zandberg to Marek Sawicki is a plausible development in Poland’s electoral scene.
He recalls past electoral configurations where three lists appeared on the PiS side, involving figures like Gowin, Ziobro, and Jarosław Kaczyński, noting how the political landscape has shifted since then. He acknowledges that at times those right-leaning factions have shown cooperation, even as personal and political tensions remain. This observation hints at the evolving nature of coalition-building within Poland’s political spectrum.
Tomczyk also notes that there is a perception, whether accurate or not, about the closeness of relationships among leaders on the right and the broader implications for opposition strategy. The conversation touches on the dynamics between far-left and conservative blocs and how personal alliances shape national discourse.
Tomczyk suggests that President Duda may be willing to cooperate with the opposition after elections, pointing to symbolic gestures like a handshake with Donald Tusk during Joe Biden’s visit in Poland as signals of possible cohabitation. He interprets such moments as indicators of political pragmatism rather than hostility, reflecting the practical side of governance in a polarized environment.
He asserts that if the accusations about card-trading within the European Union were true, they would cast a harsh light on the Civic Platform, given the period when Germany and Russia were navigating a fragile rapprochement. That era is linked to the Nord Stream 2 project, a topic of intense debate in Poland. The question remains whether the PO government could have managed EU scrutiny differently to counter a development perceived as risky for Poland’s security and energy sovereignty.
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Source: wPolityce