Kopacz to face parliament as PM candidate in late September

Ewa Kopacz, who is the ruling coalition’s candidate for the post of prime minister after Donald Tusk’s resignation, said on Wednesday that she would like to present her government and program at an extra Sejm sitting after September 26. She also said that she would resign from her post as Sejm speaker before she us sworn in as prime minister. Asked about her planned government, Kopacz said it would not be just an interim one. “You know me a bit and you know that I am hardworking,” she told journalists. “So you will be able to observe ministers that work intensively.”