Adam Easton
Warsaw correspondent
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tass has won a vote of trust in his pro-EU government after his political camp was slightly defeated in the recent presidential election.
Approximately 243 lawmakers voted in favor of the Union government, 210 voted against the vote, and no abstention.
This vote has been considered part of the political theatre on the part of the task. His broad coalition has a way of showing that despite the defeat in the presidential election, there is still mandate.
The Wednesday vote was also formal. Tusk’s coalition has a 12-seat majority in the House of Representatives SEJM, and only a simple majority won in the presence of half of the 460 legislators.
Prior to the vote, Task told the House that he could not “close his eyes” at the reality that his government is facing a “bigger challenge” thanks to the election of Karol Nowrocky, supported by law and justice (PIS).
Polish presidents are able to reject the law, and it is expected that Naulocky will continue to use this power as conservative incumbent Andruze Duda, a socially conservative supporter of US President Donald Trump, opposed to federal European and Ukrainian entries to NATO and the EU.
The coalition of tasks lacks sufficient Congressional majority to overturn the presidential veto. We can’t do anything about that, but with a reaffirmation by the Congress, the government of the task will be put back on its front paw, at least for now.
He also announced that cabinet modifications will be underway in July.
“I want you to vote with confidence because I have the belief, faith and certainty that I have an obligation to be fully responsible for what is happening in Poland,” Tusk said.
“We are faced with two and a half years of full mobilization and full responsibility in difficult situations.”
He mentions Polish tennis star Iga Swiertek’s recent and unsuccessful attempts, winning the fourth straight French open title at Roland Garros, and citing the famous French quote, “Victory belongs to the most tenacity.”
Congress’ opposition will probably say that Tusk will ultimately fail as much as Iga Swiatek maintained his title. As there was a PIS bench during Tusk’s speech, the promises are actually open.
Tusk said his government is more effective than the issues that PIS is proud of. He said increased defense spending and migration would be even more severe.
He claimed that Poland has returned to the top table in Europe and declared that both countries will come to mutual aid for each other in the case of an attack, citing a recently signed bilateral treaty with France.
Finally, he received a standing ovation from his bench.
The issues close to the government’s small left-wing coalition partners were rarely present in speech.
There was no mention of his campaign promise to give Polish women legal abortions up to the 12th week of pregnancy.
That promise was nowhere in the knowledge that Duda would reject it, in the face of opposition from conservatives within the Union.
His government has made little progress thanks to Doda’s veto on the promise of another campaign in which the European Commission took legal action against Poland and withheld EU funds – another campaign to eliminate political influence from the Polish courts.
Brussels released the funds after Tusk’s government pledged to revoke PIS’s judicial reforms, and the PIS denounced the committee on double standards.
Task said he wasn’t enthusiastic enough to end Poland’s legal turmoil, but he knows that presidential election Nowrocky will likely continue to use his veto.
