- With the presidential election still many months away, chatter surrounding the process of choosing candidates comes to the fore in internal party politics. The main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party unexpectedly ditched its idea to hold presidential primaries, with Onet speculating that party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski preferred to have the final say in making the choice. Newsweek reported that PiS held a long vetting process, with ex-Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek seemingly edging ahead of his rivals, before the decision to nominate him was held off by PiS executives late last week. Meanwhile, Warsaw Mayor remains the most likely candidate of the ruling Civic Coalition, despite intensifying efforts of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to get the nomination, with Onet reporting that the chief diplomat is aware that it might be his last shot at the presidency, having unsuccessfully sought party nomination in the 2010 and 2020 elections. Opinion polls suggest that Trzaskowski would be more likely to secure victory, but Onet reported that the centre-right PSL is "quietly supporting" Sikorski despite its coalition pact with Poland 2050, whose leader Szymon Holownia will most likely enter the race himself. PSL leader Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz recently called for choosing a single candidate of the whole ruling bloc, which in his view would help defeat PiS's candidate.
- The left-wing parliamentary caucus fractured as Left Together party decided to form an independent group of deputies. Left Together refused to participate in the ruling coalition, even as their colleagues from the caucus did join the government bloc and took on cabinet portfolios.
- Rzeczpospolita reported that Poland will try to use its rotational EU presidency to place greater emphasis on strengthening the bloc's eastern borders, taking the edge of some climate policies, maintaining cohesion policy and promoting nuclear energy.
- Poland will offer PLN5bn-9bn of OK0127, WS0428, PS0130, WZ0330, DS1030, DS1034 and IZ0836 bonds at an auction tomorrow.
POLAND: Presidential Election Chatter Drives Internal Party Politics
Last updated at:Oct-28 08:18By: Krzysztof Kruk
Poland
- With the presidential election still many months away, chatter surrounding the process of choosing candidates comes to the fore in internal party politics. The main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party unexpectedly ditched its idea to hold presidential primaries, with Onet speculating that party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski preferred to have the final say in making the choice. Newsweek reported that PiS held a long vetting process, with ex-Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek seemingly edging ahead of his rivals, before the decision to nominate him was held off by PiS executives late last week. Meanwhile, Warsaw Mayor remains the most likely candidate of the ruling Civic Coalition, despite intensifying efforts of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to get the nomination, with Onet reporting that the chief diplomat is aware that it might be his last shot at the presidency, having unsuccessfully sought party nomination in the 2010 and 2020 elections. Opinion polls suggest that Trzaskowski would be more likely to secure victory, but Onet reported that the centre-right PSL is "quietly supporting" Sikorski despite its coalition pact with Poland 2050, whose leader Szymon Holownia will most likely enter the race himself. PSL leader Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz recently called for choosing a single candidate of the whole ruling bloc, which in his view would help defeat PiS's candidate.
- The left-wing parliamentary caucus fractured as Left Together party decided to form an independent group of deputies. Left Together refused to participate in the ruling coalition, even as their colleagues from the caucus did join the government bloc and took on cabinet portfolios.
- Rzeczpospolita reported that Poland will try to use its rotational EU presidency to place greater emphasis on strengthening the bloc's eastern borders, taking the edge of some climate policies, maintaining cohesion policy and promoting nuclear energy.
- Poland will offer PLN5bn-9bn of OK0127, WS0428, PS0130, WZ0330, DS1030, DS1034 and IZ0836 bonds at an auction tomorrow.
