There’s little love being exchanged between Polish elites this week as President-elect Andrzej Duda prepared for his swearing-in at 10 a.m. CET in Warsaw on Thursday.
Rumor spread online Wednesday that former Prime Minister Donald Tusk, now president of European Council, would be attending the ceremony.
Nope.
“President Tusk will not attend the inauguration ceremony tomorrow as he was not invited by President-elect Duda,” his communications team told POLITICO in an unusually strong email. Tusk’s official schedule is empty that day.
Tusk’s party Civic Platform was swept away by an insurgent Duda in the May presidential election. This elevated Duda from his position as …read more
Source: European Voice
