Polish president swears in new government

FE Team | Published: September 23, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

POLAND : Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (L) gives documents to Ewa Kopacz during her swear-in ceremony as the new Polish prime minister at the presidential palace in Warsaw Monday. — AFP

WARSAW, Sept 22 (AFP):- Poland's president on Monday swore in the government of incoming Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, calling on her to prepare the country for a debate on eurozone membership.
Kopacz took over this month as head of government from Donald Tusk, who resigned after he was tapped to become the next European Council chief in December.
President Bronislaw Komorowski said one of the tasks facing the new government would be "to prepare Poland for the inevitable debate on strengthening our place in an integrating Europe.
"What I mean is a discussion, and then a possible decision, on eurozone membership," he said at the swearing-in ceremony.
Poland is obliged to join the single currency bloc as part of its 2004 European Union entry deal but has dragged its feet on the move, which would require it to amend its constitution.
Referring to Poland's victory in the men's volleyball world championship final over Brazil on Sunday, Komorowski said: "I thought it was a good sign. ... And I wish the same success, through teamwork, to the Kopacz government and to us all."
The reshuffled cabinet of 16 ministers includes six women, the largest number since the fall of communism in 1989, and five new ministers.