One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?

The objective of this article is to examine the main changes in the Polish economy and domestic policy a year after the formation of the new government. The parliamentary elections of October 2023 ended the eight-year rule of the Law and Justice party and brought the left-liberal coalition to power....

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Main Author: Oleg Yu. Mikhalev
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Language:Russian
Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2024-12-01
Series:Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/vestnikieran620246878
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description The objective of this article is to examine the main changes in the Polish economy and domestic policy a year after the formation of the new government. The parliamentary elections of October 2023 ended the eight-year rule of the Law and Justice party and brought the left-liberal coalition to power. On the eve of the elections, it promised substantial changes in the country, but not much has been accomplished in a year. The author points out that the fulfillment of pre-election intentions faced a number of serious obstacles. D. Tusk’s government has not significantly changed its economic course towards reducing the state’s presence in the economy and cutting budget expenditures. On the contrary, it has further increased the budget deficit. So far, its only achievement in this area is the unblocking of funds from Brussels. The restoration of judicial independence, the liberalization of abortion legislation, the legalization of partnerships, the easing of migration policy and other promised reforms have been stalled. The most noticeable changes were only the change in the rhetoric of the mass media, which was rapidly taken out of the control of the Law and Justice party, and the making of numerous allegations against the losing party and its individual members. The author considers disagreements between the parties of the ruling coalition and the resistance of President A. Duda as the primary factors hampering the pace of transformation.
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spelling doaj-art-3349777e9ab5478385e9fd98ad07495c2025-01-22T18:03:21ZrusInstitute of Europe Russian Academy of SciencesНаучно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН2618-79142024-12-014266878http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/vestnikieran620246878One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?Oleg Yu. Mikhalev0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-6536VSU, Voronezh, RussiaThe objective of this article is to examine the main changes in the Polish economy and domestic policy a year after the formation of the new government. The parliamentary elections of October 2023 ended the eight-year rule of the Law and Justice party and brought the left-liberal coalition to power. On the eve of the elections, it promised substantial changes in the country, but not much has been accomplished in a year. The author points out that the fulfillment of pre-election intentions faced a number of serious obstacles. D. Tusk’s government has not significantly changed its economic course towards reducing the state’s presence in the economy and cutting budget expenditures. On the contrary, it has further increased the budget deficit. So far, its only achievement in this area is the unblocking of funds from Brussels. The restoration of judicial independence, the liberalization of abortion legislation, the legalization of partnerships, the easing of migration policy and other promised reforms have been stalled. The most noticeable changes were only the change in the rhetoric of the mass media, which was rapidly taken out of the control of the Law and Justice party, and the making of numerous allegations against the losing party and its individual members. The author considers disagreements between the parties of the ruling coalition and the resistance of President A. Duda as the primary factors hampering the pace of transformation.http://dx.doi.org/10.15211/vestnikieran620246878polandpolitical strugglelaw and justice partyd. tusk governmenteconomic policyrespect for democratic standardsensuring the rule of law
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One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?
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poland
political struggle
law and justice party
d. tusk government
economic policy
respect for democratic standards
ensuring the rule of law
title One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?
title_full One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?
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title_full_unstemmed One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?
title_short One year of Donald Tusk’s government: what has changed in Poland?
title_sort one year of donald tusk s government what has changed in poland
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political struggle
law and justice party
d. tusk government
economic policy
respect for democratic standards
ensuring the rule of law
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