Kaczyński: We won't support Tusk candidacy

Leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński said that Poland will oppose the re-appointment of Donald Tusk as the European Council president. “Donald Tusk is a politician who breaks the elementary rules of the European Union. Someone who breaks such rules simply cannot be the European Council's president and cannot under any circumstances count on our support - or a lack of our objection,” Kaczyński said. For months, PiS officials have given various opinions regarding the support of Tusk candidacy, but now it has been officially confirmed. According to the Financial Times, Polish officials were floating the possible candidacy of Polish MEP, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, as an alternative to Tusk. But Kaczyński called this “a pure speculation at this moment. Something not worth commenting at the moment.” Since establishing the post as a full-time position in 2009, all EC presidents have been approved unanimously. “Everybody is supporting Tusk and it is only Poland that is making difficulties,” one senior EU official told Reuters. If the vote is needed, the majority of the votes of the EU leaders will pick the next president, with Tusk re-election being a “done deal.” The decision will most likely be made next week.