Trzaskovsky's defeat
On Monday there was a gathering of organization leaders forming the ruling coalition, dedicated to analysing the political situation after the presidential election. The next gathering is scheduled for Thursday at 9:00.
Politicians of the Civic Coalition pointed out that it is now crucial to draw conclusions from the failure of Rafał Trzaskowski, which is explained, among others, by the deficiency of effective communication to young voters, by staff errors and by unthought-out statements and actions of any Members. On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with the KO MPs in the KPRM to besides discuss the election results.
On Monday, the Prime Minister announced that the government's actions in the face of Karol Nawrocki's presidency, supported by the Law and Justice, would require unity and courage from the full coalition on 15 October. Tusk besides announced his intention to apply to the Sejm for a vote of assurance for the government to be the first test for the coalition. The vote was scheduled for June 11. The Prime Minister besides announced that the results of the vote of assurance would be the basis for the periodic evaluation of the work of the government and individual ministries, to be held in July.
New coalition agreement
On Wednesday, PSL president Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz declared his interest in continuing cooperation within the governing coalition and the request to renew precedence issues for his group. In its assessment, the accomplishment of these objectives requires a coherent strategy to be developed. On the same day, the PSL-Third Road Club adopted a resolution whereby Kosiniak-Kamish was authorized to work on a fresh coalition agreement and a cooperation strategy. The current agreement between the civilian Coalition, Poland 2050, PSL and fresh Left was concluded after the November 2023 parliamentary elections.
On the another hand, Poland's leader 2050 and talker of the Sejm Simon Holovnia felt that the fresh coalition agreement should be signed even before the government passed the budget. He besides believes that a swift commitment from the coalition to carry out key reforms is necessary.
Prime Minister Tusk already announced in May the reconstruction of the government, which, as he pointed out, is due to take place in June, after the end of the presidential election. Changes in government are intended to lead to its simplification and increase in efficiency. The Head of Government besides expressed his willingness to renegotiate the existing coalition agreement.
Gawkowski talks about weeks
Deputy Prime Minister and Vice-President of the fresh Left Krzysztof Gawkowski estimated that the reconstruction of the government would not take place soon, but in the following weeks. In his opinion, the Prime Minister will discuss with the ministers after a vote of assurance for the government next Wednesday.
Gawkowski stressed that the coalition is unchangeable and will proceed to cooperate. He besides pointed out that coalition meetings are taking place in a good atmosphere, with the aim of setting fresh directions for the government's activities for the coming months and speeding up its work.
Will the Prime Minister step down?
Another crucial issue is Donald Tusk's continuing office as Prime Minister. The opinions of the coalitions on this subject are powerfully divided. Marek Sawicki of the PSL expressed the opinion that Prime Minister Donald Tusk in his actions limited the anticipation of reaching an agreement with the fresh President, Karol Nawrocki, and that the Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish had a better chance of establishing a constructive dialogue. Michał Kamiński of the 3rd Road suggested on Tuesday that Donald Tusk should no longer service as Prime Minister.
The club president Zbigniew Konwiński stated on Wednesday that the change in the position of Prime Minister was not taken into account, as was possible the change of the leader of the Civic Platform. akin positions were presented by another KO politicians before the Wednesday gathering with the Prime Minister in KPRM. Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski stated that there was no reason to consider changing the Prime Minister, recalling that the current chief of government led the coalition to triumph in the 2023 parliamentary election. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Michał Kołodziejczak besides ruled out the anticipation of changing this position, stressing his conviction that Donald Tusk should proceed to run the government.
