MEP: PiS will back Tusk for second term

Member of the European Parliament Ryszard Czarnecki wrote in an op-ed for Rzeczpospolita that PiS will back Donald Tusk for a second term as president of the European Council. "If Tusk is not chosen for the second term, it won't be the result of PiS actions, but lack of the support of other countries. He will have our backing: unlike his parent party, our leader [Jarosław Kaczyński] will not break the rule saying that a Pole votes for a Pole," Czarnecki said. In April, Civic Platform (PO) withdrew its support for Janusz Wojciechowski, PiS's candidate for the European Court of Auditors, citing doubts regarding his independence from the party.