Karol Nawrocki assumed on Wednesday (6), officially, the presidency of Poland in a ceremony in Parliament, marking the beginning of a new political cycle in the country, which will be characterized by the differences between the new conservative ideology, and the liberal government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Nawrock’s arrival at the Presidential Palace represents a nationalist turn in Polish politics, with expectations of new friction in both the internal scenario and with European institutions.
In his inaugural speech, Nawrocki made clear the main guidelines of his mandate: “No illegal immigration, not to the euro, not a Poland A and a Poland B”.
The new president also confirmed his most focused profile in the country’s internal policy by stating that it will be “the voice of those who want a sovereign Poland, who is in the European Union (EU), but a Poland other than the EU but Poland, and remains Poland,” insisting that his country “cannot be a submissive economy to our western neighbors.”
Like his predecessor, also conservative Andrzej Duda, who exercised his right to veto government laws until Tuesday (5), Karol Nawrocki promised to oversee the liberal initiatives of the Tusk government, whom he went from the pulpit to warn him that “he expects to be punctually informed” on all his plans.
In addition, the newly deposed president said he will continue to intervene in the judiciary to “return Poland to the path of the rule of law” and that he will refuse to appoint judges “that harm the constitutional order”, and also announced that he will act against “the Attorney General, in reference to the current Minister of Justice, appointed by Tusk, who is also Attorney General.
Nawrock, who is a historian and teacher, announced his intention to “return normality” to Polish public schools, promoting “Polish readings, Polish history” and “braking” the diffusion of LGBT “ideology”.
To boost his policy, Nawrocki announced the creation of advice to repair the state system, consisting of an office of employees whose composition will be announced soon and who, according to him, would “include politicians and academics of all ideological circles.”
