Last Updated: December 13, 2023, 15:00 IST
The election received by Donald Tusk was dominated by points resembling Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, migrants and ladies’s rights.
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Poland’s new pro-EU PM, Donald Tusk, takes workplace, promising to fix EU ties and prioritize help for Ukraine
Poland’s president on Wednesday swore in Donald Tusk as the brand new pro-EU prime minister, placing an finish to eight years of right-wing populist rule. The ministers of the brand new administration have been successively sworn in by the conservative head of state, who’s allied with the earlier authorities of the Law and Justice (PiS) occasion.
Tusk, who beforehand served as prime minister in 2007-2014, has pledged to revive Poland’s place within the European Union after rule-of-law infringements strained Warsaw ties with Brussels. The former European Council president has additionally stated that assist for war-torn Ukraine can be a precedence of his authorities.
Tusk’s cupboard contains Radoslaw Sikorski as international minister — a job he has held prior to now — in addition to former ombudsman Adam Bodnar as justice minister. The PiS received essentially the most seats in October’s common election however failed to search out viable coalition companions and safe backing for his or her minority authorities on Monday.
While Tusk’s Civic Coalition got here second within the poll, it cast an alliance with two smaller pro-EU opposition political teams, the Third Way and Left, with sufficient votes to oust PiS from energy.
The new authorities will possible face day by day battles with PiS lawmakers. The occasion nonetheless has allies within the presidency, the central financial institution and the supreme court docket, in addition to in a number of vital judicial and monetary state establishments. Polish President Andrzej Duda, whose time period ends in 2025, may use blocking techniques between every now and then to veto laws.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – AFP)
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