2023-12-12 13:52:02
WARSAW (AP) — Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed Tuesday that his government will be a stable ally of the United States and NATO and will strive to mobilize the Western world in support of Ukraine.
In his maiden speech to parliament, which covered numerous issues, Tusk called for unity among the political class, noting that it cannot afford political divisions when Russia is waging a war of aggression once morest Ukraine on the other side of the country. the border with Poland, and which many fear might be expanded in the event of a Moscow victory.
“Poland’s task, the new government’s task, but also everyone’s task, is to loudly and firmly demand that the Western community as a whole be fully committed to helping Ukraine in this war,” Tusk said in a statement. ceremonious speech in the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador and former Polish presidents, including the anti-communist militant Lech Walesa. “I will do it from day one.”
Tusk, elected on Monday by Parliament, faces among other challenges restoring democratic norms in his country, achieving the release of European Union funds frozen due to the undemocratic measures of his predecessors and facing the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, other side of the Polish border, at the same time the eastern border of the EU.
He noted that it pains him to hear Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy try to convince world leaders to continue supporting Kiev in the fight once morest Russia. Ukraine’s problems multiply with the imminence of winter and when the allies tire of financing its defense.
“They tell President Zelenskyy to his face that they no longer have strength, that they are exhausted,” he said.
Tusk, a centrist who was prime minister from 2007 to 2014, returns to power at the head of a broad alliance.
The October 15 election was won by a coalition of parties that ran on separate ballots, but promised to work under Tusk’s leadership to restore democratic norms eroded during the eight years of rule by the Law and Justice party and improve ties with the allies.
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