Instead of diplomatic message, a political manifesto. president Andrzej Duda's speech during a closed gathering with the ambassadors on 8 July echoed a wide echo. There were words that amazed the participants: “I will come back.” Background: Competency conflict with the MFA and tensions inside the state structures.
Photo by Marek Borawski / KPRP, President.pl
Surprise alternatively of strategy
On 8 July 2025 an yearly closed gathering of the president with the heads of Polish diplomatic missions was held in Warsaw. According to Virtual Poland, confirmed by six independent sources, Andrzej Duda's speech had The nature of the political speechNot strategical analysis.
Instead of summarising the priorities of Polish diplomacy, participants heard Sharp, emotional speechcompleted by: “I will come back!”
It was these words, spoken by the president at the end of his second term, that caused the biggest stir among participants and commentators. Many took them as the announcement of Andrzej Duda's return to the political phase – possibly in the function of the future Prime Minister.
Tensions from the MFA and individual hints
The content of the speech besides included open criticism of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, and in peculiar the staff policy pursued by Minister Radosław Sikorski. Duda was to express disappointment about the way ambassadors were nominated and to cast any diplomats lack of loyalty to the State.
According to 1 of the participants, the president utilized the strong phrase: “Some candidates for ambassadors gave pashquils to Poland – it was nearing betrayal.”
References to Conference of Polish Ambassadorswho in the past criticised both the policy of the PiS government and the Presidential Palace.
Sikorski replies, “That is not true”
Minister of abroad Affairs Radosław Sikorski was present at the gathering and – as the sources of WP.pl say – He immediately referred to the President's allegations. He described them as ‘totally untrue“ and reminded that The limitation of the competence of the head of state in the process of appointing ambassadors is due to the amendment of the Law by the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the Law of the European Union, which Duda himself signed.
Sikorski besides stressed that the current procedure for agreeing candidates takes place with the participation of the Presidential Palace – according to the principles adopted for the erstwhile power.
Tensile atmosphere and silence
According to a fewer participants, The atmosphere in the area was clearly tense. After the speech, Duda came along. SilenceAnd a fewer applauses came mainly from diplomats closely associated with the President's Chancellery. The speech was referred to as extreme emotional and unprecedented in the past of akin meetings.
– alternatively of substance was a political settlement – Says 1 of Onet's callers.
Discussion on social media
Information about the meeting, although unofficial, rapidly reached public opinion and sparked a wide discussion in the media as well as on platform X (formerly Twitter). Political commentators and netizens shared their assessments: from serious analyses to mocking comparisons between the president and the Terminator.
Words “I will come back.” They rapidly became the subject of many memes, and the kind of the speech itself was considered further evidence of rising tensions between the Presidential Palace and Donald Tusk's government.
A political signal or a individual frustration?
The 8 July speech is not only a controversial incidental in relations with the Ministry of abroad Affairs, but besides signal of the desire to return Andrzej Duda to active function after the end of his word of office.
DF, thefad.pl, Source: WP.pl, Onet, Radio ZET
