WARSAW, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Poland’s rightwing
government has threatened to derail an EU summit Thursday on the bloc’s post-Brexit future if its leaders go ahead and re-elect Pole Donald Tusk as the bloc’s president despite Warsaw’s opposition.
“We will inform our (EU) partners that the entire summit is at risk, if they will force the vote (on Tusk) today,” Polish Foreign Minister Witold
Waszczykowski told the local TVN24 channel on Thursday.
“We’ll do everything we can to ensure that the vote won’t take place
today,” Waszczykowski said, adding: “We have informed the Germans that it isn’t necessary to elect the EU president today.”
Speculating on the outcome of the two-day summit in Brussels, Polish media on Thursday outlined two possible scenarios.
First, Poland could demand that Tusk’s re-election require unanimity.
Current regulations require a qualified majority, but the principle of
unanimity is generally favoured by the EU.
This would derail Tusk’s re-election for a second two-and-a-half year term.