Polish President: ‘Tusk Will Not Be My Prime Minister’
After claiming the PiS government has violated the constitution, the opposition now wants President Duda to ignore protocol.
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.
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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.
After President Duda’s signing, a commission will be set up with the power to investigate whether Polish public servants had been unduly influenced by Moscow. Those convicted would be banned from holding public office for up to 10 years.
“More United States in Europe, more Europe in the U.S.,” President Duda said, while also promising to do “everything” to further Ukraine’s EU membership bid.