Karol Nawrocki met at the Presidential Palace with representatives of the Confederation of the Polish Crown, Confederation, Together, PSL, Poland 2050 and PiS. Delegations were accepted separately, and, as the participants report, the talks afraid primarily draft laws and current problems reported by individual environments. The most many was the PiS delegation, which came by coach and spent the most time with the president.
Meetings of Karol Nawrocki with parties. "The president didn't want to stab a wedge."
President Rafał Leśkiewicz's spokesman, asked on the ZET Radio about the sense of meetings and allegations of trying to "bring a wedge" between the coalitions, powerfully rejected them. - The president didn't want to stab any wedges. First of all, the president invited all representatives of the Polish parliament – all parliamentary clubs and parliamentary circles – he said, stressing that there were no limits on the number of participants on the part of the groups.
The President's spokesperson pointed out that the meetings at the Presidential Palace were a real chance for the groups to present their demands. “It was a large chance for representatives of these clubs to present their ideas, needs, but besides key issues related to problems that bother Poles, and who are voters of these groups, in order to be able to present a different position to the president,” said Leskiewicz.
He explained that the talks focused on legislative initiatives under way. – With a warm, substantive, good reception – according to Leśkiewicz – he met, among others, a draft bill prepared by the Together concerning the financing of meals for children in schools. The spokesperson added that "in fact all" participants described the talks as "good, substantive, factual", and the president himself gained "wide optical" thanks to them for the demands of various environments. He besides did not exclude further meetings in a akin format.
Poland 2050 indicated which bill the president Karol Nawrocki wants to veto
The details of the talks were besides revealed by Polish 2050 politicians. Mr Kamil Wnuk said in Polsat News Politics that the conversation lasted over an hr and had a formal, substantive character. "With coffee and tea, we focused solely on substantive issues, without entering politics or disputes that divide us. We convinced the president that we needed the cryptocurrency Act – he reported.
And he added that the president "for this minute said he would alternatively veto this bill". Topics discussed include more restrictive rules on the sale of alcohol and increased subsidies for municipalities with national parks.
After the meeting, PiS politicians stressed taxation issues, justice and security. – From the very beginning, we pay attention to many current issues and laws that this coalition does not take. The issue of VAT 0 per cent for food, the question of the free amount [from tax] up to PLN 60 thousand, taxation exemptions for multi-children's families – the organization spokesperson Rafał Bochenek stated in an interview with journalists after leaving the Palace.
As he said, any of the postulates coincided with Nawrocki's electoral slogans. He besides added that during the discussions with the club's leadership, the cases of the National Judicial Council, wellness services, public finances and geopolitics and arming of the army were raised.
Her postulates were besides presented by the Confederate, who complained that the gathering lasted "slightly an hour". “The club has prepared at least a twelve crucial points,” said Grzegorz Płaczek. Among the topics were Ukraine, the blockade of scrap exports to the EU and its impact on the Polish steel industry. "The situation is very dangerous and we wondered what solution we could find," he stressed.
He besides mentioned issues concerning entrepreneurs, energy prices, wellness education and the vaccination calendar. Confederate politician stressed that "there were areas that differed us". Of course we have a common denominator – it is strong and rich Poland. But this is what this conversation is about, so that we can find out and usage arguments – he noted, calling the social media gathering "great".
KO and Left did not meet Nawrocki
The participation in the talks was refused by KO and Left, criticizing the very expression of the meetings. The President's spokesperson referred to this absence in harsh words. – civilian Coalition and Left attack the president in the media. The president says:
"Welcome, let's talk." And unfortunately they chickened out," said Leśkiewicz on ZET Radio, adding that if they had "something interesting to propose to Poles", they would come with concrete projects.
As the President's spokesperson added, this is simply a bad signal for voters of the civilian Coalition. “If representatives of the second largest club in parliament do not appear at a gathering with the head of state, what is the signal for the voters of this group?” he asked.
The minister said he was incapable to realize why the Civic Coalition did not come to the meeting.
"It can be said that the Coalition should change its name, not the Civic Coalition only the opposition Club, due to the fact that they are so resistant to cooperation with the head of state, with the president that we can say at this point that they are embarrassing themselves, not coming to specified a gathering and showing their actual face that the only goal – at least part of the ruling coalition – is to fight the President, not to make a good law," said Rafał Leśkiewicz.
What do the parties themselves say? Ko Bożena Lisowska wrote earlier that the president alternatively of constitutional bodies "invites clubs and parliamentary circles to a meeting", which in her opinion boils down to conversations "on coffee and cookies". Włodzimierz Czarzasta from the Left besides spoke, stressing that the government is liable for contacts with the President, and that legislative matters stay "at the disposal" of the head of state.
Paweł Kowal, president of the Council for Cooperation with Ukraine, besides referred to the absence of the KO.
– We request to separate between everyday, tactical, operational problems, whether individual went to a gathering or not, and the fundamental issue. I think that on a fundamental issue, namely safety and abroad policy, we owe citizens a clear message. The Prime Minister gives it all day. They can feel safe. As there is any problem at the gathering of the President's Prime Minister's Chancellery, there truly are telephones moving – he said in "Onet Morning".
