Polish premier-designate Donald Tusk outlined his support for the European Union and Ukraine ahead of the vote, which was delayed after a far-right lawmaker extinguished a Hanukkah menorah in the Sejm.
It comes a day after a majority of Polish MPs elected Tusk as the country’s new prime minister when the proposed conservative government of acting PM Mateusz Morawiecki failed to win lawmakers’ backing.
Tusk has vowed to improve Warsaw’s relations with Brussels, which have been plagued by tensions during the past eight years of Law and Justice (PiS) party rule.
Citing the concerns, the EU has blocked tens of billions of euros in grants and loans from the bloc’s COVID pandemic relief program as well as development assistance.
Furthermore, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Monday that judicial reform legislation which Warsaw needed to pass in order to access the EU funds was unconstitutional.
All major political forces quickly condemned the incident by Grzegorz Braun and said there would be no tolerance for antisemitic and xenophobic behavior in the Sejm, the Polish parliament.
“It can’t happen again, it’s a disgrace,” Tusk said as he waited for parliament to approve his pro-EU government, a vote now delayed amid the chaos caused by the incident.
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It comes a day after a majority of Polish MPs elected Tusk as the country’s new prime minister when the proposed conservative government of acting PM Mateusz Morawiecki failed to win lawmakers’ backing.
Tusk has vowed to improve Warsaw’s relations with Brussels, which have been plagued by tensions during the past eight years of Law and Justice (PiS) party rule.
Citing the concerns, the EU has blocked tens of billions of euros in grants and loans from the bloc’s COVID pandemic relief program as well as development assistance.
Furthermore, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Monday that judicial reform legislation which Warsaw needed to pass in order to access the EU funds was unconstitutional.
All major political forces quickly condemned the incident by Grzegorz Braun and said there would be no tolerance for antisemitic and xenophobic behavior in the Sejm, the Polish parliament.
“It can’t happen again, it’s a disgrace,” Tusk said as he waited for parliament to approve his pro-EU government, a vote now delayed amid the chaos caused by the incident.
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