Poland - Now Six Major Ways in which the country has changed since my first encounter in early 1992
Now 6 Major Ways Poland Has Changed
Summary of the blog from The Guardian
12th December 2023 (Lili Bayer)
Donald Tusk (Arab News) |
From The Guardian blog 12th December 2023 - Lili Bayer in Brussels
Speaking in the
Polish parliament this morning, incoming prime minister Donald Tusk said the
October election “will go down in history as the day of peaceful rebellion for
freedom and democracy”.
In his speech,
Tusk spoke out against xenophobia and said “we can protect the Polish and
European border and be human at the same time”.
The incoming
prime minister also said “we will demand full mobilisation of the west to help
Ukraine” but noted that “we must remain assertive when it comes to the
interests of, among others, Polish farmers”.
Tusk presented
his ministers, which include the well-known former ombudsman Adam Bodnar as
minister of justice. Radosław Sikorski is to return as foreign minister.
He also
emphasised his goal of making Warsaw a player on the European stage, pledging:
“I can guarantee you that we will make Poland return to its rightful place.”
The new leader
said “the time has come for Poland to be happy”.
As the Polish
parliament prepared for a vote in confidence in the new government, MP Grzegorz
Braun, a member of the far-right Konfederacja, used a fire extinguisher inside
the parliament building to put out candles lit for Hanukkah.
His actions drew
widespread condemnation inside and outside Poland.
Tusk said the
far-right politician’s action was a “disgrace”.
Israel’s
ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, said the incident brought “shame..”
Mark Brzezinski,
the US ambassador in Warsaw, said he was “outraged by the nasty antisemitic
act”.
MPs from the Konfederacja party condemned Braun’s behaviour.
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