Elections
and EU Presidency
"For Poland, the local context is that the
country holds the Council rotating presidency until the end of the year. An
election would have provided a perfect occasion to spoil the presidency.
However, the post-electoral debate in Warsaw clearly illustrates the awareness of
the problem among the political elites. The Polish leaders want to avoid the
Czech mistake of changing the government in the middle of the presidency and
the Prime Minister has indicated his willingness to keep the cabinet
intact as long as possible. The new government will come into existence only in
December.“
Piotr Maciej Kaczyński is a research fellow
at CEPS.
The entire article is available on: http://www.ceps.eu/book/poland-and-slovakia-drawing-same-lesson-two-different-events
Please also see our dossier on the Polish Presidency