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Karol Naulocki, a conservative historian and supporter of Donald Trump’s Magazine movement, was sworn in as Poland’s president on Wednesday, setting the stage for a conflict with the centralist government and a potentially cool relationship with Ukraine.
Nowrocky took the presidential oath at a ceremony in the Polish Parliament.
Supported by Nationalist Opposition Law and Justice (PIS), Nowrocky’s election victory hit a blow to hopes that Prime Minister Donald Task would set it up for the bloc’s largest eastern member and solidify the European Union course, leaving the government to the vote.
Poland is now helping to continue the deadlock seen under the resignation of nationalist Andrzezi Duda, and Nowrocky was able to use his veto to hamper the government’s agenda, including rolling back the judicial reforms implemented by the PIS, critics said it would undermine the court’s independence.
Now Rocky also appears to be set to bring headaches to the government by proposing measures such as tax cuts that are popular with many voters but are difficult to implement for a growing budgetary administration.
“As Prime Minister, I have worked with three presidents so far,” Tusk, who was prime minister from 2007 to 2014, wrote in a post on X.
The next president has said he has not seen the NATO or EU Ukraine locations at present.
As president, Nawrocki must sign off to the ratification of Poland of new members joining NATO.
Tusk says the European Union should play a greater role in defense issues alongside NATO, but PIS and Nawrocki argued that this undermines Poland’s alliance with the US.
“The United States is definitely our preferred partner,” said Rafal Leskievich, a spokesman for Nowrocky.
But the fact that PIS is a political newcomer little known to the public before throwing that weight behind him is a political newcomer, says political observers.
Andrze Reicard, sociologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences, said:
Nawrocki won from a tumultuous campaign where allegations about his past frequently dominated headlines, including the acquisition of a second property from an elderly man in exchange for a promise of care he had not provided.
Nawrocki denied the allegations of fraud, but he admitted to taking part in a systematic battle between football hooligans, adding to the harsh image that amateur boxers were already trying to grow.
Following the election, supporters of the defeated liberal candidate Rafal Truzaskowski have filed thousands of protests with the Supreme Court over irregularities at some polling stations. However, irregularities were not sufficient to significantly alter the outcome.
Pis accused liberal opponents of trying to destroy the will of people, and their supporters are scheduled to march in the capital on their inauguration day.
“Anyone who can — come to Warsaw… for the president’s oath,” Senator Mikal Warzick wrote to X:
