Donald Tusk tears off the arrogance of deputies in a Poland nonetheless fractured | EUROtoday

To justify this confidence, the Prime Minister befell a catalog of achievements: 67 % enhance in army spending in a single yr, 62 billion Zlotys (14.4 billion euros) dedicated to the social program 800+, rather more than the social program of the PIS (16 billion zlotys, 3.7 billion euros). And in fact, it claims the staggering financial outcomes of Poland: GDP progress of three.7 %, “the best in Europe”.Read too “Poland is double, magnificent and repugnant at the same time” On immigration, a sizzling subject, Donald Tusk claims a 50 % discount in visas delivered to migrants from Africa and Asia. A tough line that contrasts with the standard positions of its coalition, however which is defined by electoral strain. He additionally claims the means to spend money on the development of a wall on the Belarusian border to keep away from the invasions of migrants launched by Putin and his Belarusian ally.

That stated, the vote of confidence of the day can’t utterly masks the tensions that undermine its majority. Michal Kobosko, MEP of Polska 2050, a junior coalition accomplice, doesn’t mince phrases by evoking the scenario in his nation. “We know perfectly well that many of our voters of the general elections at the end of 2023 are disappointed by the government’s results,” he stated, this Wednesday, June 11, throughout a degree with the press in Brussels. They are impatient and criticize us for not having saved all our guarantees. »»

Nawrocki and the presidential lock

The coalition brings collectively disparate forces: the left “very on the left”, Polska 2050 on the heart, the Civic Platform of Tusk (Center proper) and the PSL peasant social gathering, “fairly conservative”. “Sometimes, especially between the left and the peasant party, it was difficult to find a compromise,” acknowledges Michal Kobosko, citing abortion and LGBTI rights as blocking topics.

This cacophony value pricey. The presidential election additionally slowed down the envisaged reforms. “We hoped to have a special president on the presidential palace. The thought was: why pace up our work simply to see the president put his veto within the laws? “Confides the MEP. A waiting strategy that turned out to be losing.Read too Poland: “We will proceed with a hostile president”, swears Donald TuskBecause now, Karol Nawrocki will settle at the presidential palace on August 6. No one is yet really able to identify it. The man was not a member of the USE and had never made politics before his candidacy. Former director of the National Institute of Memory, he could either serve as a “political automobile” to the real leader of the opposition, Jarosław Kaczynski, to bring the pitch back to power in 2027, or build his own position, potentially by approaching the extreme right of Konfederacja.