Post by Jaga on Nov 10, 2007 10:19:09 GMT -7
Polish president designates Tusk to form new government
WARSAW, Poland: President Lech Kaczynski on Friday officially empowered Donald Tusk, the head of the Civic Platform party that won last month's general election, to form a new government for Poland.
Tusk, 50, received the mandate in a brief ceremony at the Presidential Palace in downtown Warsaw. The two men shook hands, and the president handed Tusk a red binder containing documents.
The two politicians made no comments before beginning private talks on the new government.
At a later news conference, Tusk said that he and his Cabinet would be sworn in on Nov. 16 with a likely confidence vote by lawmakers on Nov. 23.
Tusk is the leader of the EU-friendly Civic Platform party that in Oct. 21 elections defeated the nationalist Law and Justice party of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the president's twin brother, after a bitter campaign.
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www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/09/europe/EU-POL-Poland-Tusk-Nomination.php
WARSAW, Poland: President Lech Kaczynski on Friday officially empowered Donald Tusk, the head of the Civic Platform party that won last month's general election, to form a new government for Poland.
Tusk, 50, received the mandate in a brief ceremony at the Presidential Palace in downtown Warsaw. The two men shook hands, and the president handed Tusk a red binder containing documents.
The two politicians made no comments before beginning private talks on the new government.
At a later news conference, Tusk said that he and his Cabinet would be sworn in on Nov. 16 with a likely confidence vote by lawmakers on Nov. 23.
Tusk is the leader of the EU-friendly Civic Platform party that in Oct. 21 elections defeated the nationalist Law and Justice party of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the president's twin brother, after a bitter campaign.
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www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/09/europe/EU-POL-Poland-Tusk-Nomination.php