Duda insists that is not enough.
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A former member of the opposition Law and Justice party, He will have to find ways to work alongside the liberal coalition government of Civic Platform and a small farmer party.
After taking the oath, Duda made his first speech as the president of Poland.
Duda said in an interview with the PAP agency today that he wants next year’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Warsaw to reinforce the alliance’s presence in Poland and the region and will raise the issue with Germany, which has previously blocked such efforts.
He vowed to press for more North Atlantic Treaty Organisation security guarantees at next year’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit in Warsaw.
Within the European Union, he vowed to make a “correction” and speak with more authority on Poland’s goals and needs, in order to make them clearer to political partners. MORTGAGES One possible area of contention between Duda and the government is a PO-drafted bill on Swiss franc mortgages.
The powers of Poland’s president are limited to approving or rejecting legislation, proposing laws, which, however need to be backed by the lawmakers, and to formally representing Poland on the global arena.
The Church is not interested in political interference, a senior church figure told the mass to inaugurate the presidency of Andrzej Duda. Duda’s wife, Agata, was standing by his side.
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Outgoing President Bronislaw Komorowski, the PO candidate defeated by Duda at the May elections, said in a farewell speech on Polish television that the ongoing conflict in neighboring Ukraine would pose the country a pressing security challenge in the coming months. But he also reiterated his election campaign promises, which include cutting the retirement age, raising the tax-free income threshold and paying child benefits.
