“Premiery wins after defeat in the election.” This is how the Tusk government see the world media today

The prime minister did not join other leaders at the briefing, and his office did not respond to a request for comment by e -mail. Failure may decide the reputation of Tusk as a European leader who faced populist forces and won. The victory of his Civic Platform in October 2023 was celebrated by European liberals as evidence that democratic norms could be restored after years of the rule of the right -wing party Law and Justice, which led to the erosion of the independence of the judiciary, attracting the attention of Brussels in connection with the fears of the rule of law. However, the slow pace of change was alienated by some of the voters, and the confrontational style of Tusk intensified the already polarized political landscape of Poland. The culmination of these tensions was the defeat of the central president of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, whose popularity seemed to be a victory in the presidential race just a few months ago. Instead, he lost to Karol Nawrocki, a former boxer with little political experience. The new president is to be sworn in August 6. Work on next year's budget, which will probably accelerate next month, will be under pressure, because the government is trying to satisfy both voters and investors, they say people familiar with this matter. On Friday, Szymon Hołownia, who heads the coalition center -right Polska 2050 Group, called on his partners to impose tax on extraordinary profits on banks in order to finance social expenditure, which resulted in a decrease in stock prices of financial companies.