In Poland, not everyone is disappointed by the outcome of the US elections, far from it. President Andrzej Duda, of the ultra-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) and in stormy coexistence with the democratic coalition led by Donald Tusk, did not wait for the official results to warmly congratulate Donald Trump. “You did it!” »he said enthusiastically on the social network X, on Wednesday, November 6. PiS president Jaroslaw Kaczynski also stated that ” happy “ of this result.
Looking ahead to the presidential elections in May 2025, the victory of the Republican candidate gives new hope to PiS, which had made it a privileged or even exclusive partner when it was in power from 2015 to 2023. In difficulties in the polls, the Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party hopes to make “the union of conservatives” on both sides of the Atlantic a meaningful discourse, denouncing the open reluctance that Polish liberals have always shown towards Donald Trump.
Since taking office in December 2023, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has intensified his attacks on the Republican candidate, even joking about his legal problems. The page is turned. “I hope that our cooperation will benefit the Polish and American nations”commented on Wednesday. On November 2 he wrote in X: “Some say that the future of Europe depends on the American elections, when it depends above all on us. (…) Whatever the outcome, the era of geopolitical outsourcing is over. »
Best NATO Student
This is the message that has prevailed among Polish officials since the announcement of the American election results. “Europe must urgently assume greater responsibility for its security, said Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. When it comes to military spending and migration policy decisions, Poland is already doing what our allies will soon begin to do. (…) Poland will be a leader in the process of strengthening the resistance of the European Union. »
In this regard, the country benefits from a strong argument: a defense budget increased to more than 4% of GDP since the start of the war in Ukraine and several tens of billions of euros invested each year for the modernization of its armed forces. This position as NATO’s “top student” gives Warsaw a card to play against the American defense industry, as well as against the next occupant of the White House. “I am sure that we will have multiple opportunities to find new joint projects to strengthen our cooperation. » wrote Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz in his congratulatory letter to Donald Trump.
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