Tusk posted a video address on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, summarizing a hundred days after the coalition government came to power in December.
The Civic Coalition, the new government’s backbone party, initiated the 100-day assessment by publishing its “100 promises for the first 100 days” during the election campaign last year. However, the manifesto did not anticipate being in a coalition government with two other parties and could be seen as overly optimistic, given that all laws must be signed off by the president, who is seen as an ally of the former ruling party.
Tusk said in his speech that his biggest weakness is impatience. “I thought that 100 days is a long time, ages,” he said.
“And indeed, see how many things have happened, how much we have managed to do, although I wanted to do more and faster, as always.”
Tusk added that his government did not receive “100 days of peace” for a good start, as it had in the past.
“War and all its consequences, including the mess that our predecessors left to the farmers, a vetoing president, chaotic and aggressive opposition, madly defending its money and impunity,” Tusk said. “But see, the accountability has already begun.”
Tusk also enumerated his cabinet’s accomplishments, referring to the depoliticization of state media and the judiciary. “Television is ours again; the prosecutor’s office and courts are free from party orders,” he said. “Poland is becoming a leading player in Europe again.”
He also mentioned the successful unlocking of the EU’s post-pandemic funds, disbursing increased child benefits for families and pay increases for teachers and public workers, as well as lowering inflation to 3%.
The PM announced upcoming increases for social workers, lowering healthcare contributions for entrepreneurs, and childcare subsidies for parents returning to the labor market.
Summing up, Tusk pledged to speed up the pace of reforms, especially those liberalizing women’s rights.
Opposition critical
On Thursday, Law and Justice (PiS) deputies Jacek Sasin and Przemyslaw Czarnek announced that their colleagues will conduct a series of inspections of ministries to check the status of the implementation of election promises.
“We’ve been talking all week about the fact that during these 100 days there was a great fraud. It has come to the point that everything that was promised, in fact the vast majority of what was promised, has not been kept. This is the main message of these 100 days,” Sasin Said.
Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Krzysztof Bosak from the far-right Confederation party, in an interview with Radio Plus, called the last three months chaotic movements, dividing positions within the government, and trying to govern with resolutions and communiqués.
Bosak also spoke to TVP World's parliamentary correspondent, Agata Dura, and shared his scathing review of the cabinet's performance.
