MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Poland will wait and see how the events unfold before backing its former Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the second term at the helm of the European Council, the Polish foreign minister said.
Tusk’s current term as the president of the European Council expires in June 2017.
"It is too early to talk about this [backing Tusk] because there’s still a year left before the next elections and much can happen," Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told Polish Radio on Monday.
Between 2007 and 2014, Tusk headed the Polish government as the leader of the liberal-conservative Civic Platform, which is now the main opposition party. He has been president of EU’s key decision-making body since 2014.
Beata Mazurek, the spokeswoman of the ruling Law and Justice party, said Monday that the Polish government would declare its official support for Tusk only if he did not hurt the nation’s interests.
