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What will Poland’s new government mean for the EU economy?
euronews (in English)
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24/10/2023
As President Andrzej Duda opens consultations with party leaders to form a new government, here's how the opposition's majority in the Polish parliament will affect the EU's sixth-largest economy - as well as the bloc itself.
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- In on international scene,
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Tusk will attempt to improve Poland's relations
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with our key partners,
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not just Germany, the European Union,
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but also with Ukrainians
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who with whom the current government
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fell out quite shortly before the election.
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So this will be the big change.
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But fixing the relations with the EU in particular
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will require domestic changes,
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namely restoring the independence of judiciary,
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restoring the rule of law,
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which is a condition for the EU
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to release the funding for Poland.
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- There is a number of reasons
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why Law and Justice Party is not as popular
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as it was four years ago.
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First of all, we have a very different economic situation.
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There is a cost of living crisis
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and many voters attributed this situation
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to law and justice prolific spending,
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which fueled inflation.
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So this is one of the concerns
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which often comes out in opinion research.
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But at least equally important
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is what's been happening to Polish democracy,
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to rule of law, to women's rights,
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to our external relations.
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I think you can say that people have been fed up
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with the policy of making enemies all around Poland
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and also of the corruption and arrogance of this government.
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So largely this was a protest vote
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against this type of conduct of power.
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Well, first of all, these changes,
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there will be a lot of challenges for the new government
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because of very likely opposition from President Duda
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who can veto the government legislations.
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And the new government, the new coalition
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will not have enough votes to override presidential veto.
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So it will be a very prolonged and difficult process
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of, as the opposition calls it, a cleanup of the country
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after the eight years of democratic backsliding.
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