The prime minister made the announcement during a celebration marking the 1,000th anniversary of the creation of the kingdom of Poland.
The prime minister made the announcement during a celebration marking the 1,000th anniversary of the creation of the kingdom of Poland.
The prime minister described the plans as the most significant overhaul of Poland’s legal and administrative system since joining the EU.
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“I say this as a Christian…Can you vote for lies, theft, contempt and hatred?” Tusk asked PiS supporters.
“Whenever Poland’s vital interests are at stake, Tusk is against [them].”
“Tolerance must take root not only in the law, but in our heads and hearts,” said the opposition leader.
“In the last seven years PiS has systematically and deliberately destroyed local government, just like everything that is independent.”
The church is itself to blame for its separation from Polish society, the Civic Platform leader said.
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Tusk outlined a “rescue package” of policies, including 20% pay increases for public sector employees and the freezing of interest rates.
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Polish state TV, a government mouthpiece, has suggested Donald Tusk, PO and the EPP are among “Putin’s useful idiots”.
“Ukrainians must fight for a democratic state with weapons in hand; we must fight for democracy with the ballot paper.”
But Tusk also appealed to the ruling party to end its alliances with right-wing leaders sympathetic towards the Kremlin, such as Viktor Orbán.
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