Maintaining the coalition is difficult but possible, just like reshaping the government and agreeing on a strategy that would allow a shift to the offensive after the defeat in the presidential election. Of course, it requires courage and loyalty, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday.
“As you can see, keeping the coalition together is challenging but doable—just like restructuring the government and forming a strategy to go on the offensive after losing the presidential election. It obviously demands courage and loyalty. Despite the well-known difficulties, I will carry out this task,” — wrote the Prime Minister on Twitter.
On Friday, Prime Minister Tusk met with leaders of the coalition parties: Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (PSL), Szymon Hołownia (Polska 2050), and Włodzimierz Czarzasty (Nowa Lewica), during which he presented proposals regarding a government reshuffle.
Also on Friday, Radio ZET and Newsweek reported that Szymon Hołownia had visited the private residence of one of the most influential MEPs from Law and Justice (PiS), Adam Bielan. The meeting took place late Thursday night in the Biały Kamień district of Warsaw. Later, according to Fakt’s photojournalists, PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński also arrived at Bielan’s apartment.
Hołownia later commented on Twitter that the “hype and excitement surrounding yesterday’s meeting is neither justified nor appropriate.”
“I am one of the few politicians in Poland who—let me stress—regularly meets with representatives of both bitterly divided camps. I firmly believe that—especially in today’s times—politicians from different sides should talk to each other. Otherwise, we’ll tear each other apart. I see this as normal, not as an exception to the rule, and I will continue to act this way as Speaker of the Sejm,” — wrote Hołownia.