Change of power - Poland's president swears in Donald Tusk's new government
Polish President Andrzej Duda has sworn in Donald Tusk's new pro-European government. "This is an important moment for Poland. I would like to congratulate you on winning the political process," said Duda on Wednesday after the ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw. Just under two months after the parliamentary elections, the transfer of power is now complete. On Tuesday evening, MPs had expressed their confidence in Tusk's government.
The three-party alliance of Tusk's liberal-conservative Civic Coalition, the Christian-conservative Third Way and the left-wing alliance Lewica had won a government majority in the parliamentary elections on October 15. However, the previous national-conservative PiS government had delayed the transfer of power for a long time with the help of Duda.
The President, who himself comes from the ranks of the PiS, had initially tasked former Prime Minister and PiS politician Mateusz Morawiecki with forming the government, even though the party did not have a majority in parliament. As expected, Morawiecki failed the vote of confidence on Monday. Only then was the way clear for Tusk.
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Source: www.stern.de
