Ewa Kopacz
has been appointed the new head of government in Poland. She is expected to
continue the agenda set by her predecessor, Donald Tusk.
Deutsche Welle, 15 Sep 2014
On Monday,
Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski appointed parliamentary speaker Ewa
Kopacz as the country's new prime minister.
Kopacz will
replace Donald Tusk, who resigned to take up a position in Brussels as head of the European Council from December 1.
Fifty-seven-year-old
Kopacz is the second woman to lead a democratic government in Poland. The
Associated Press quoted Komorowski as saying he believed that she would have
the government under control, just as she had had parliament under control.
There was
speculation in Polish media that Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski would come to
replace Kopacz as speaker, the nation's second-most powerful position, AP
reported.
With
respect to foreign policy, Kopacz is expected to continue the agenda set by her
predecessor: keeping close ties with Germany and devising ways to keep Russian power and expansion politics at bay. Her new cabinet is expected to be sworn in
on September 22.
Kopacz is
considered to be close to Donald Tusk, having acted as one of his close
political advisors. She was a member of parliament between 2001 and 2007, until
she became health minister.
Tusk will
replace Belgian Herman Van Rompuy, who served as chief of the European Council
for five years.
ws/sb (AP, Reuters, AFP)
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