Poland: former Prime Minister Donald Tusk announces his return to the country's political life
"I am 100% back," proclaimed former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk this Saturday, July 3 after weeks of rumors in the media announcing his upcoming return.
He who had left the political life of the country in 2014 to become president of the European Council.
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In Poland, seven years after leaving the political life of the country, Donald Tusk is making his comeback this Saturday.
The former Polish Prime Minister left for Brussels in 2014 to become President of the European Council until 2019. The cofounder of the center-right Civic Platform party announced at the party's congress this Saturday in Warsaw to return to its head.
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,
Sarah Bakaloglou
"
I'm back 100%,
" proclaimed Donald Tusk this Saturday after weeks of rumors in the media announcing his upcoming return.
A first speech directed against the
conservative national law and justice party
(PiS), in power since 2015.
“
Today evil rules Poland, and we will fight it,
” said Donald Tusk.
He added that "
the Law and Justice party was robbing the younger generations of any hope for a better future
", before denouncing very cold diplomatic relations between Poland and many countries, because of the strong man. of the PiS,
Jaroslaw Kaczynski
, enemy of Donald Tusk.
A new lease of life for the opposition?
The former Prime Minister said it this Saturday, he wants to breathe new life into the opposition Civic Platform party.
For now, the ruling Law and Justice party remains at the top of the polls, two years before the next elections in the country, even if it has lost its majority in Parliament and tensions regularly erupt within the coalition in the power.
It remains to be seen in any case how this return will be received by the Poles.
60% of them don't want Donald Tusk back in politics, according to a recent Kantar poll.
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