Presidential election: Poland Prime Minister Tusk wants to ask a question of trust

The victory of the opposition presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki in Poland puts the pro -European government of Donald Tusk under pressure. He will soon ask the question of trust in parliament, Tusk said in a speech on Polish television. The plan for the acting of his government under the new president will require “unity and courage” of the triple coalition. The vote of trust should be a first test for this.

In the runoff election around the Polish Presidential Office on Sunday, the liberal Rafal Trzaskowski from the Tusk warehouse was narrowly inferior to Nawrocki supported by the right -wing conservative PIS. This is also a heavy slump for the head of government. PIS boss Jaroslaw Kaczynski said the result of the presidential election was the “red card” for Tusk’s government. This should cede.

Tusk has been running a center-left alliance of three parties since the end of 2023. It is the most important project in his government to reverse the damage to the rule of law, which triggered the PIS government, which was in office from 2015 to 2023, with its judicial reform. The incumbent President Andrzej Duda, who comes from the ranks of the PIS, has so far blocked corresponding draft. Nawrocki is expected to do so and possibly even proceed with larger hardness. This could rub the coalition and release centrifugal forces.

Tusk: Will not withdraw one step

“In accordance with the constitution and our conscience, we will work with the new president wherever this is necessary and possible,” said Tusk. At the same time, he emphasized: “Everyone will see that the government is not planning to withdraw even one step.”

In Poland, the head of state has more powers than the Federal President in Germany. It not only represents the country to the outside world. The President also has an impact on foreign policy, he appoints the head of government and the cabinet and is a high -commander of the Polish armed forces in the event of war. Above all, he can make life difficult with his veto law of the government. In order to abolish the President’s veto, a majority of 60 percent of MPs are required in Parliament, which Tusk’s center-left alliance does not have.