Poland on the verge of a change of power

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by the German publication “D Site”, as As expected, the current Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, failed to get a vote of confidence for his new cabinet in the parliament. Only 190 of the 456 delegates present voted for the national-conservative government of Moravitzky’s Law and Justice Party, and 266 voted against. It means the party is leaving power in the country after eight years in power, paving the way for a new pro-European government led by Donald Tusk, the previous opposition leader. Early on Monday evening, the parliament appointed Donald Tusk, the former president of the European Union Council, to form a government. gave a hand Three pro-European parties from the previous opposition, led by Tusk, won an overwhelming majority of 248 out of 460 seats in the Sejm. But with the help of Andrzej Duda, the president of this country, the ruling party of Poland postponed the departure from power for almost eight weeks. Despite the lack of a majority in the parliament, Duda entrusted Morawiski with the task of forming the government and held the swearing-in ceremony of his cabinet. From the beginning, it was predictable that this government would remain in office for only two weeks.

From Moravitsky’s failure, the former opponent is now on the field. 66-year-old Donald Tusk also wants to announce his new cabinet later and ask for a vote of confidence from the parliament. Since Tusk has a majority in parliament, it is likely that he will pass these steps.

Thus, what observers have been predicting for weeks has become official: the government of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki without The coalition partner did not win the parliamentary vote and must relinquish power. The ruling Law and Justice party had been trying in vain for almost two months to get one of the other parties as a partner. But they all came together with the common goal of ending the rule of the National Conservatives.

After Moravitski’s government lost a vote of confidence, the Sejm will now elect Donald Tusk as the new prime minister. A vote will be held in this regard.

Tusk will probably present his government on Tuesday morning, which will be voted on Tuesday afternoon. The new prime minister and his cabinet are supposed to be sworn in by President Duda on Wednesday. These dates are considered likely, even if some fear a further delay by Duda.

Of course, the Law and Justice Party in Poland will not disappear as a result of the change of power, but will represent the largest faction in parliament. will be. President Duda will play an important role in this direction. His veto could block changes in the new government’s laws.

As a former president of the European Council, “Tusk” moves confidently on the international stage, which is why PiS has repeatedly during the campaign An election discredited him as a Brussels or German man. Tusk does not want to fuel these accusations and will focus on the expectations of Warsaw instead of the expectations of Brussels or Berlin.

Therefore, it is questionable whether the cooperation between Warsaw and Brussels will be easier under his leadership. On fundamental issues, Tusk presents a different, Polish perspective. He criticizes deeper integration in the EU at the expense of national sovereignty and has recently warned against a “simplistic enthusiasm for Europe”.

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