New Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday. Kopacz and her government were backed by 259 votes in the lower house of parliament, with 183 against and 7 abstentions. The vote was the final stage of procedures set out under the constitution for installing a new prime minister.
?Poles do not want revolution but they do expect change,? Prime Minister Kopacz said in her ?expose? speech to parliament, one year ahead of a scheduled general election and before key local elections in November.
Ewa Kopacz told MPs that ?maintaining Poland?s strong position in the EU? was also a priority for her government and to achieve ?energy security? for the country.
Maintaining a strong alliance with the United States was also a key goal, she said.
Joining the eurozone and adopting the European single currency was still a policy objective, she said, ?but we still have homework to do to ?fulfil criteria? demanded by the EU and European Central Bank.
She also promised a ?wise balance? in tax policy and announced an ?ambitious plan? for economic growth.
Fot. PAP/Radek Pietruszka
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