
Poland: Donald Tusk Sworn in By Political Foe Duda
The new Polish prime minister has called for “full mobilisation” of Western forces in support of Ukraine.
The new Polish prime minister has called for “full mobilisation” of Western forces in support of Ukraine.
Mateusz Morawiecki has two weeks to shore up support for his conservative government, but has little chance of success.
After claiming the PiS government has violated the constitution, the opposition now wants President Duda to ignore protocol.
The Polish prime minister has two weeks to put together a government with support of individual MPs after other parties have ruled out a coalition with his party.
Opposition calls changes “repressive”
Tensions escalate ahead of elections in Poland and Slovakia
The Polish president claimed that Vladimir Putin sought “to revive the Russian empire and must be stopped now, so that American soldiers do not need to sacrifice their lives in Europe.”
Polls suggest the ruling PiS will struggle to stitch together a parliamentary majority without the rightist, Ukraine-critical Confederation (Konfederacja).
An advisory body for the Council of Europe has come out strongly against the law, noting that its approval this close to Poland’s general elections this fall would create an uneven playing field.
Brussels and Washington demand a large dose of liberalism in the liberal democracy equation, regardless of how well a given democracy functions.