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Poland’s voters delivered a clear verdict. After eight years of rule by a right-wing government, they have had enough.
Poland's top national security goal is to further integrate with NATO and other west European defense, economic, and political institutions via a modernization and reorganization of its military. Polish military doctrine reflects the same defense nature as its NATO partners.
New Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government was sworn in by Poland's president on Wednesday, the final step in a transfer of power that marks a huge change after eight years of nationalist rule.
Today in Poland, a vote in parliament ended eight years of rule by the right-wing Law and Justice Party, heralding a historic transfer of power.
Poland’s president on Monday swore in a government that is expected to last no longer than 14 days, a tactical maneuver that allows the conservative Law and Justice party to hang onto power a bit longer — and make more appointments to state bodies.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, and his Cabinet members took office Wednesday after they were sworn in by the president, marking the end of eight tumultuous years of rule by a national conservative party, Law and Justice.
Tusk’s government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday evening after an inaugural speech in which he vowed to demand that the West keep up its support for Ukraine.
The current prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, was appointed in 2017 with the approval of the PiS majority in the parliament. His mandate was bolstered by PiS’s victory in the 2019 legislative elections.
Since the beginning of his term of office, the President of the Republic of Poland has emphasised that it is Poland's priority to seek a closer strategic partnership with the United States across a range of domains.
The current government has altered, lowered, or removed many criteria for staffing of public institutions, allowing for appointments based on party loyalty and personal connections. In past years, the NIK has raised concerns about the misuse of public funds by PiS and its coalition partners.