With France and Germany in crisis, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants to take advantage of the rotating presidency of the EU to redefine Poland’s leadership and strengthen security policies in the community bloc vis-à-vis Russia. Internally, the pro-European leader promises to restore the undermined rule of law while trying to stop the advance of the ultra-conservatives in the crucial presidential elections in May.
After a six-month period led by Hungary, which has tried to erode the unity of the bloc against Vladimir Putin due to the invasion of Ukraine, Tusk aims to regain a “leadership position” in the EU for Poland after aiming to close with its electoral victory in October 2023. the years of clashes with Brussels of the previous Government of the ultra-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) for its attacks on the rule of law. Have you achieved it? What are the achievements and failures of the pro-European Tusk Executive? What is expected from the rotating presidency that Warsaw has just assumed?
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