"pregnancy threatens the mother's life or health, when the fetus is seriously malformed, and when the pregnancy results from rape or incest) protects human life best. Tusk has publicly stated that he opposes euthanasia and the legalization of marijuana. In foreign policy, Tusk sought to improve relations severely damaged during the previous Kaczyński government, particularly with Germany and Russia. While he criticised the words of German politician Erika Steinbach with regard to her opinion over the expulsion of Germans from Poland following World War II, Tusk has stressed the need for warm relations with Berlin. Tusk also advocated a more"
"without hindrance, though Kwaśniewski vetoed Buzek's privatization plan. Kwaśniewski's relationships with the like-minded social democratic premierships of Leszek Miller and Marek Belka were virtually free of conflict. Relations between the two executive organs, however, returned to animosity under the presidency of Lech Kaczyński and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Political rivals for years, fueled by the 2005 presidential poll which saw both men as the main challengers, Tusk's center-right Civic Platform toppled President Kaczyński's twin brother Jarosław's government in the 2007 parliamentary election. Tusk's support for stronger integration into the European Union, including the signing of the Lisbon Treaty, and a"
"Mateusz Szczurek Mateusz Szczurek (born 11 August 1975 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish economist and politician. He was the Polish Minister of Finance in the governments of successive prime ministers Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz from 2013 to 2015. Szczurek studied at the University of Warsaw and University of Sussex where in 1998 he obtained a master's degree, and in 2005 a PhD. He wrote his Masters thesis on ""Chaos and non-linearity in Foreign Exchange Markets."" In 1997 Szczurek was economist in ING Bank. In 2011 he became the Chief Economist of ING Group for Central Europe and Eastern"
"all other members of her cabinet at the first sitting of the newly elected Sejm. She remained in office until her successor Beata Szydło was sworn in on 16 November 2015. When Tusk’s sister Sonia suffered a stroke in 2005, Kopacz became involved in her treatment, travelling to hospitals around Poland with her. She was married to Marek Kopacz until 2008. and has a daughter, Katarzyna from her marriage. Ewa Kopacz Ewa Kopacz (born Ewa Lis; 3 December 1956) is a Polish politician and a former Prime Minister of Poland. Previously she was the Marshal of the Sejm, the first"
"the ""two-plus-two"" meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of Australia and Japan. In January 2018, the ""Australian Financial Review"" reported that Turnbull had considered replacing Payne with Christopher Pyne in the December 2017 cabinet reshuffle. She would then have been appointed to succeed Mark Higgie as the Australian Ambassador to NATO and the European Union. Her department reportedly began preparing briefing papers for the new minister, but in the end the move was not carried out. Malcolm Turnbull was replaced by Scott Morrison as Liberal leader and prime minister on 24 August 2018. Foreign minister Julie Bishop, an unsuccessful"
"wiped out, losing all representation, each having gained only a little over 1% of the vote. PO proceeded to form a majority governing coalition with the agrarian Polish People's Party (PSL), with PO leader, Donald Tusk, taking over the prime ministerial office in November, 2007. On August 14, 2008, the United States and Poland agreed to have 10, two-stage missile interceptors - made by Orbital Sciences Corp - placed in Poland, as part of a missile shield to defend Europe and the US from a possible missile attack by Iran. In return, the US agreed to move a battery of"
"Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as prime minister. In August 2018, Peter Dutton challenged Turnbull for the leadership of the Liberal Party, due to dissatisfaction from the party's conservative wing. Turnbull defeated Dutton in a leadership ballot, but tensions continued to mount and the party voted in favour of holding a second ballot; Turnbull chose not to be a candidate. In the second vote, Morrison emerged as a compromise candidate, defeating Dutton and Julie Bishop to become leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister. Morrison was born in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, the younger of two sons born to"
"as the new Prime Minister. The negotiations were affected by the 9 October presidential election, where the PiS victor Lech Kaczyński is the twin brother of the PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński; Jarosław Kaczyński had declared that he would not become the Prime Minister if his brother wins the election. The constitutional requirement to form a government within a set time period also heated up the coalition negotiations. A major stumbling block against forming a coalition was the PO's insistence on receiving the Interior portfolio if it were to enter a coalition government with the PiS, to prevent one party from"
"an increase for the former and a drop for the latter compared to the 2006 elections. In October 2011 Donald Tusk, with a clear pro-European agenda, became the first ever Polish Prime Minister to be reelected in post-communist Poland. PO won a record of four consecutive elections, and Donald Tusk was left as the kingmaker. PO's dominance was seen as a reflection of right-wing weakness and divisions, with PiS splitting in autumn 2010. After two rounds of elections in May 2015, opposition Law and Justice (PiS) candidate Andrzej Duda became President by a 3% margin. In October 2015, the PiS"
"leader again. In the liberal Civic Platform (PO)-PSL government, formed after the 2007 parliamentary election, Pawlak became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy under Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Although PSL remained the smallest party represented in the Sejm, Pawlak is often cited as having achieved a major political victory. During his time in the party chair his party enjoyed better electoral results, the elimination of major competition among agrarian voters from the also agrarian dominated party (Samoobrona), and the resumption of major influence in rural areas. Additionally, PSL was put in charge of three cabinet posts in the Tusk"
"home and abroad for poor foreign relationships with Germany and Russia. Despite gaining votes, Law and Justice lost the parliamentary election on 21 October 2007, finishing a distant second behind pro-European Christian-democratic and conservative liberal Civic Platform. Kaczyński was succeeded as prime minister by Donald Tusk (after which Kaczyński remained chairman of Law and Justice, becoming leader of the opposition). Following the death of his brother, Lech Kaczyński, Jarosław announced that he would run for president against Bronisław Komorowski in the presidential elections held on 20 June 2010. The head of his electoral staff from Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, and the spokesperson"
"2013 presidential election, Georgia completed a complex and peaceful transition from a ""presidential"" to a ""parliamentary"" system. The period of cohabitation was assessed in the same report as ""uneasy but functioning."" The President of Poland is required to be non-partisan while in office, but so far all Presidents were elected as partisan candidates. A cohabition occurred in 2007, when President Lech Kaczyński was forced to appoint Donald Tusk as prime minister, his main rival in 2005 presidential election. The 2012 Romanian political crisis was a major political conflict between prime minister Victor Ponta of the Social Democratic Party and the"
"was reported that the couple are expecting their second child, daughter Mila. His father Mario Plenković lives in Slovenia. He is a university professor at University of Maribor and at Alma Mater Europaea, where he is the head of Strategic Communication Management doctoral study program. Andrej Plenković Andrej Plenković (; born 8 April 1970) is a Croatian politician and diplomat serving as Prime Minister of Croatia since 19 October 2016. He has been the Chairman of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) since 2016. Previously he was one of eleven Croatian members of the European Parliament, serving from Croatia's accession to"
"turning to the left in 1993 and 2001, and to the right in 1997 and 2005. Presidential elections in October followed a similar script. The early favorite, Donald Tusk, leader of the PO, saw his opinion poll lead slip away and was beaten 54% to 46% in the second round by the PiS candidate Lech Kaczyński (one of the twins, founders of the party). Both elections were blighted by low turn-outs: only 51% in the second and deciding round of the presidential election and just over 40% in the parliamentary election. The suggested cause of the low turnout is popular"
"of a closer economic relations agreement with the UK, Australia, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries and to work towards a free-trade agreement with the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union. On 19 January 2018, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that she was pregnant and that Peters would take the role of Acting Prime Minister for six weeks after the delivery, which happened on 21 June 2018. Peters managed the ""day to day"" business of the country while Ardern was on maternity leave, a first in modern politics. Ardern returned to the role of Prime Minister full-time on 2 August 2018. Peters has been"
"Jacek Cichocki Jacek Cichocki (born 17 December 1971) is an independent Polish politician and a former member of the Polish Council of Ministers. Cichocki served as the minister of interior in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and later as chief of the Chancellery for Tusk and his successor Ewa Kopacz Cichocki was born in Warsaw on 17 December 1971. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy and sociology from the University of Warsaw. Cichocki began his career as an expert on armed conflict and ethnic tensions within the former Soviet Union for the Centre for Eastern Studies"
"automatically sanctions anyone who allows the procedure to occur. On 22 September 2014 Ewa Kopacz was sworn in as Prime Minister, after Donald Tusk resigned to take office as President of the European Council, and formed a cabinet. On 8 November 2014 she was sworn in as leader of the Civic Platform. In her first major policy speech as prime minister, Kopacz promised more continuity in Poland’s foreign policy. She said her government would not stand for a break-up of neighboring Ukraine and would push for a greater U.S. military presence in Poland as a deterrent to possible Russian aggression."
"Katowice. Kudrycka is married, with two children. Barbara Kudrycka Barbara Kudrycka (born 22 January 1956, in Kolno) is a professor of administrative law and public administration science and a Polish politician who has served as the Minister of Science and Higher Education in the cabinet of Donald Tusk from 2007 to 2013. In 1978 Kudrycka graduated with a degree in law from the University of Warsaw. From 1978 to 1981 she was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party. In 1980 she joined the Solidarity trade union. In 1985 she received a doctoral degree in law and in 1995"
"called following the death of Lech Kaczyński. Kaczyński announced his candidacy, replacing his recently deceased brother, but lost. Despite not being the PiS candidate for either President or Prime Minister, Kaczyński is widely considered a large influence behind the PiS victories in both the 2015 presidential and 2015 parliamentary elections. Even though he does not serve as either prime minister or president, and is formally just a member of the Sejm, he is considered one of the most influential men in Poland, as well as an influential leader in the European Union. Kaczyński is the identical twin brother of the"
"to come to Europe. Ahead of the UK's EU membership referendum Tusk warned of dire consequences should the UK vote to leave. After the vote he pursued a hard line on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union stating that the country's only real alternative to a ""hard Brexit"" is ""no Brexit"". In September 2018 he caused controversy after his official instagram account posted an image of himself handing a slice of cake to British Prime Minister Theresa May, with the caption ""A piece of cake, perhaps? Sorry, no cherries."" Tusk has opposed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from"
"in Kranj. She lives with her partner and has a son and a daughter. Her son, Oskar Cvjetičanin is a footballer and plays for Southampton academy. Alenka Bratušek Alenka Bratušek (; born 31 March 1970) is a Slovenian public servant. She was Prime Minister of Slovenia from March 2013 until May 2014, the first woman in Slovenia to hold this position. She was president ""pro tempore"" of the Positive Slovenia party from January 2013 until April 2014. On 5 May 2014, Bratušek submitted her resignation as Prime Minister. Bratušek was born in Celje. She studied at the Faculty of Natural"
"the European Council, Tusk, while being fluent in German, was criticised for his poor English skills and lack of knowledge of French. Other sources however argue that he is ""quite good"" at English, and he underwent extensive language classes in advance of assuming the role of President. Tusk's religious views were a matter of a debate during his presidential campaign in 2005. To avoid further speculations, Tusk requested a Catholic marriage ceremony with his wife Małgorzata, whom he married in a civil ceremony 27 years earlier, just before the presidential elections. Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk (; ; born 22"
"reconstruction. He successfully tackled the twin tasks of reorienting Slovenia's trade away from the wreckage of the old Yugoslavia towards the West and replacing the ineffective Communist-era business model with more market-based mechanisms. Unlike the other five former Yugoslav republics which were run for much of the 1990s by frequently authoritarian presidents, Slovenia under Drnovšek's premiership quickly emerged from the break-up of the federation as a functioning parliamentary democracy. Drnovšek's political strategy was concentrated on broad coalitions, transcending ideological and programmatic divisions between parties. Contrary to some other former Communist countries in Eastern Europe, the economic and social transformation in"
"Ireland in Poland. In 2013 he was awarded the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity. He has received many other distinctions from economic clubs, universities, publishing houses, and cultural institutions. Morawiecki is married to Iwona Morawiecka, with whom he has four children. Two of his aunts married Jewish men and converted to Judaism. One aunt was saved during the Jewish Holocaust by a Righteous among the Nations. Mateusz Morawiecki Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (born 20 June 1968) is the 17th and current Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. He is also an historian and economist. He previously served in the cabinet"
"with his wife, Anna, and has three children. Jarosław Gowin Jarosław Adam Gowin (born 4 December 1961) is a Polish conservative politician and editor. Gowin served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk between 2011 and 2013, and is the current Minister of Science and Higher Education in the cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki. Gowin was born in Kraków to parents previously involved in the anti-communist Freedom and Independence movement, whose political discussions had an early effect on his upbringing. Later in life, Gowin was educated at Jagiellonian University and the University of Cambridge, where Gowin"
"of Donald Tusk as President of the European Council for a second two-and-a-half year term and put forward Saryusz-Wolski as a challenger. After Saryusz-Wolski accepted the nomination for Council president, Civic Platform ejected him from the party. He was subsequently stripped of his leadership posts within the EPP. Saryusz-Wolski is widely regarded as having played a big role in the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine and in support for the opposition in Belarus. In the debate on the EU’s energy diversification and security policies, he has in the past argued that “Nord Stream 2 would be, above all, detrimental in"
"""Corriere della Sera"" in January 2012 that ""this should not translate into a lasting political monopoly: things cannot be left to only two capitals of Europe."" After being elected prime minister, relations between Tusk and President Lech Kaczyński were often acrimonious due to different political ideologies and the constitutional role of the presidency. Using presidential veto powers, Kaczyński blocked legislation drafted by the Tusk government, including pension reform, agricultural and urban zoning plans, and restructuring state television. In his premiership, Tusk has proposed various reforms to the Polish constitution. In 2009, Tusk proposed changes to the power of the presidency,"
"time I was here, [Polish Prime Minister] Donald [Tusk] gave me a gift, the video game developed here in Poland that’s won fans the world over, ""The Witcher"". I confess, I’m not very good at video games, but I’ve been told that it is a great example of Poland’s place in the new global economy. And it’s a tribute to the talents and work ethic of the Polish people as well as the wise stewardship of Polish leaders like Prime Minister Tusk. ""The Witcher 2"" had reportedly sold more than 940,000 copies by August 2011, a sales rate that CD"
"his party to choose another candidate (and eventual winner), Bronisław Komorowski. The Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen was awarded to Tusk on 13 May 2010 for his merits in the further unification of Europe and for his role as a ""patriot and great European"". He dedicated the prize to the people killed in a plane crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 in April 2010 including the Polish president Lech Kaczyński. The eulogy was given by German chancellor Angela Merkel. He was also awarded an Economy Raspberry Award (similar to the Golden Raspberry Award in movies) by the"
"and the Civil Service Department. The official residence of the prime minister is Willa Parkowa, located several minutes walk from the Chancellery next to Łazienki Park. However, the previous Prime Minister Donald Tusk chose to reside in the coastal city of Sopot, near his native Gdańsk in Pomeranian Voivodeship. The prime minister receives security from the Government Protection Bureau (""Biuro Ochrony Rządu"") while in office, as well as for six months after departing from the Chancellery. Since the inception of the Third Republic, fifteen individuals have occupied the post. The shortest-serving premier was the first government of Waldemar Pawlak, lasting"
"2011 Polish parliamentary election A parliamentary election to both the Senate and the ""Sejm"" (lower house) was held in Poland on 9 October 2011. The previous election, in 2007, resulted in a Civic Platform–Polish People's Party government. All seats of both Houses were up for re-election. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Civic Platform (PO) won a plurality of seats and Tusk became the first Polish prime minister to be appointed for a second consecutive term since the fall of communism. Both the Civic Platform and its junior partner, the Polish People's Party (PSL), agreed to continue their governing coalition after the"
"Business. He is a Commercial Technician and State Economist and he passed a Doctorate courses at Harvard University. He also held different administrative positions in the ministries of Economy, the Treasury and Industry. Since 2004 is Secretary of Economy of the Popular Party and since 2011, General Director of the Economic Office of the President of the Government. In 2008 he was elected Deputy of the Congress of Deputies. In 2016, PM Mariano Rajoy appointed him as his new Minister of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda until 2018. He speaks fluently English, French and German. As a curiosity, his twin"
"the 2016 Turnbull government second ministerial reshuffle Seselja was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs. In December 2017 as part of a subsequent rearrangement of the Turnbull ministry, Seselja was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation. In August 2018, he resigned from the Turnbull ministry as part of the failed attempt to have Peter Dutton replace Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister. Seselja's political views have been described as conservative and aligned with the views of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Seselja opposes same-sex marriage, supports"