(13 Dec 2023)
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Warsaw, Poland - 13 December 2023
1. Pan of people cheering as bus with new ministers arrives to presidential palace
2. Bus parking in front of the palace
3. Various of people cheering
4. Portrait of Donald Tusk
5. Presidential palace exterior
6. Various of Polish President Andrzej Duda welcoming Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
7. Various of Tusk signing a document that designate him as the Prime Minister
8. New cabinet members
8. Various of Duda and Tusk posing with a document
9. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister:
"I know and will know for the rest of my life that when it comes to our homeland, the freedom of each of us, and human rights, Poles never capitulate, never give up. Even if someone thinks the case is hopeless."
10. Tusk speaking alongside the new government members
11. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister:
"My government, Mr. President, will remain faithful to the provisions of the constitution. We will obey all the laws of the Republic of Poland. Our greatest commandment will be the good of our homeland and the prosperity of our people."
12. Various of Duda speaking, Tusk and ministers listen
13. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Andrzej Duda, Polish President
"I assure you of my will to cooperate, and please take these words seriously because I care. I care very much that all the obligations we undertake are fulfilled as best as possible for Poles and Poland. I think that Polish affairs are in very good shape today."
14. Various of family photo with Duda and new government members, Duda leaving
STORYLINE:
The new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Cabinet were sworn in by the president on Wednesday morning, in a ceremony which marked the end of eight tumultuous years of rule by a national conservative party, Law and Justice.
The swearing-in ceremony of the pro-European Union government, the final step in a transition of power, took place in the presidential palace in Warsaw.
Tusk was returning to the job after a nine-year spell in opposition.
The change of government follows a national election on Oct. 15 which was won by a group of parties that ran on separate tickets vowing to work together under Tusk's leadership to restore democratic norms eroded by Law and Justice and mend relations with foreign allies that were also strained.
Tusk and his ministers arrived at the presidential palace in a bus in the white and red colors of Poland’s flag and the words: “We thank you, Poland!” They were greeted by cheering supporters.
Tusk’s government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday evening after an inaugural speech in which he vowed to demand that the West keep up its support for Ukraine.
The confidence vote was delayed when a far-right lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out the candles of a menorah during a Hanukkah celebration dedicated to Poland's Jewish lawmakers of the 1920s and 1930s.
Tusk and other leaders sharply condemned the antisemitic provocation.
In his policy speech Tuesday, Tusk called on Poland’s fractious political class to unite, saying the nation cannot afford divisions while Russia is waging a war of aggression across the border, a conflict many fear could spread if Moscow prevails.
President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the previous administration, swore in the government after having delayed the power transition as long as he could.
Their disagreements found expression during the ceremony.
AP video shot by Rafal Niedzielski
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