After two years of Poland’s ruling coalition government, made up of the Civic Coalition (KO), Poland 2050, Polish People’s Party (PSL), and the Left, former President Bronisław Komorowski (PO) told “Radio Plus” that “PiS is declining, while the Civic Coalition is growing,” but Tusk faces serious issues with his current partners.
Asked during the interview whether KO voters might feel cheated by many unfulfilled promises, the former president replied: “I think they don’t, they don’t feel as you say because the results of public opinion polls and surveys confirm this, which are incredibly favorable to the Civic Coalition, the main force in the ruling camp,” he answered, as cited by Do Rzeczy.
In terms of the drastic decline in support for the party’s coalition partners, Komorowski admitted that this is an issue and that Prime Minister Donald Tusk could be facing the same fate as Law and Justice party (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński, who won the election two years ago but failed to form a coalition.
According to the former president, Donald Tusk should learn from the history of the PiS to respect his coalition partners and ensure they somehow gain support.
“The problem is that within the coalition, mechanisms for cutting corners and provoking conflict are emerging. This was the case with issues like abortion, but I have the impression that the prime minister has now clearly decided that legislative initiatives must first be agreed upon within the coalition, through an internal compromise, and only then submitted to the Sejm. Whether he will be able to consistently maintain this as a principle of the coalition’s operation – I don’t know, but I hope so, because this is precisely the manifestation of mutual respect among coalition partners,” he said.
In the meantime, the Interia website recently reported that Tusk believes that Civic Coalition will either lose power or achieve an outright majority. In other words, he is going for an outright majority in the 2027 parliamentary elections.
“It would be absurd if the leader of a given party didn’t strive to maximize profits. That’s what Donald Tusk has in mind; he wants the Civic Coalition to achieve the best possible result. Polls have shown that even 40 percent is within our reach. We are fighting,” a prominent Civic Coalition politician told the website.
