President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk met at the Presidential Palace on Thursday 14 August.“In one, Mr president and I agreed 100% — that we have loved families and fantastic children!” wrote the head of government after the meeting.
Former Prime Minister Leszek Miller commented in TVP Info that "it was hard to anticipate something else". He estimated that the gathering could have been more urgent for the Prime Minister than for the President, as he wanted to know if they had a akin view of Ukraine-related matters.
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Here Miller cited media reports saying that the head of state and the head of government were discussing the question of Ukraine's membership of NATO, to which Nawrocks, unlike the government, disagreed. “Nawrocki has the task of weakening the Prime Minister and his government as far as the parliamentary elections are concerned. The Prime Minister's occupation is precisely the opposite. Therefore, we will witness very sharp clashes, strong polemics and this gathering will not bring any breakthrough," said the erstwhile Prime Minister.
It was Donald Trump who was to ask for the presence of Karol Nawrocki. Leszek Miller on Reasons
Leszek Miller besides referred to the confusion around the video conferencing of European leaders with Donald Trump, in which Poland was represented by president Karol Nawrocki and not, as was announced earlier, Donald Tusk. Nawrocki was asked to attend the gathering by the White House. According to the erstwhile Prime Minister, the American leader could have done so for 3 reasons.
— Firstly, Trump wanted to show that he was closer to president Nawrocki than to Prime Minister Tusk. Secondly, he wanted to emphasise that he was sticking to the protocol rigidly, that the president is talking to the President, not the Prime Minister. Thirdly, he may have assumed that it would be easier for Nawrock to get a coherent message about Ukraine or negotiations with Russia,” said Miller in TVP Info.
