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Tusk Vows to Protect Polish Interests Despite Commitment to Ukraine
Tusk Vows to Protect Polish Interests Despite Commitment to Ukraine
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Poland’s incoming prime minister, Donald Tusk, promised on Tuesday that he would protect national interests despite commitments to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
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"I want to say that Poland's full commitment to Ukraine … cannot mean a lack of cordial assertiveness when it comes to Polish interests, the interests of Polish entrepreneurs, farmers, and truckers," he said in parliament while presenting his government’s programme. Tusk told the Sejm (Poland's parliament), which voted on Monday to appoint him as prime minister after rejecting Mateusz Morawiecki’s rival bid, that it would not be difficult to accommodate these two issues simultaneously. Ties between the two neighbors and allies soured in spring after unfettered access of duty-free Ukrainian food exports to the Polish market prompted Warsaw to ban some imports. Polish truckers have been blocking the border to protest permit exemptions for their Ukrainian competitors. Tusk, formerly the president of the European Council, also promised that he would oppose any attempts by the European Union to hoard power by amending founding agreements. Poland’s outgoing national defense minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, said that the European Parliament was planning to vote on the transfer of national defense competencies to Brussels and that Poland would object to the move.
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Tusk Vows to Protect Polish Interests Despite Commitment to Ukraine
WARSAW (Sputnik) - Poland’s incoming prime minister, Donald Tusk, promised on Tuesday that he would protect national interests despite commitments to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
"I want to say that Poland's full commitment to Ukraine … cannot mean a lack of cordial assertiveness when it comes to Polish interests, the interests of Polish entrepreneurs, farmers, and truckers," he said in parliament while presenting his government’s programme.
Tusk told the Sejm (Poland's parliament), which voted on Monday to appoint him as prime minister after rejecting
Mateusz Morawiecki’s rival bid, that it would not be difficult to accommodate these two issues simultaneously.
11 December 2023, 21:55 GMT
Ties between the two neighbors and allies soured in spring after unfettered access of duty-free Ukrainian food exports to the Polish market prompted Warsaw to ban some imports.
Polish truckers have been blocking the border to protest permit exemptions for their Ukrainian competitors.
"I assure you that no maneuvers, attempts at games, treaty changes that do not reflect our interests are on the table," the former EU functionary said, adding that he would not allow anyone in Brussels to "outplay" him.
Tusk, formerly the president of the European Council, also promised that he would oppose any attempts by the European Union to hoard power by amending founding agreements.
Poland’s outgoing national defense minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, said that the European Parliament was planning to vote on the transfer of national defense competencies to Brussels and that
Poland would object to the move.
