Must be in the genes because I have it, too, when it comes to blogging about the Boston Globe these days.
"Poland’s government survives vote" Associated Press July 12, 2014
WARSAW — Poland’s center-right government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk survived a confidence vote Friday that was called by the opposition after leaks of embarrassing conversations by some leaders.
The vote was 236-155 in the government’s favor in the Sejm, the lower house of Parliament. The result is a setback for Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who called for the vote and heads the nationalist Law and Justice party. Kaczynski accuses Tusk of dragging Poland into a political crisis and of general incompetence in guiding the country of 38 million.
Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz survived a separate confidence vote also called by the opposition.
The government turmoil was sparked last month when a weekly magazine, Wprost, released secretly recorded conversations of top leaders. In one, National Bank of Poland president Marek Belka and Sienkiewicz are heard discussing how the central bank could help the governing party win reelection in 2015, a seeming violation of the bank’s independence.
In another, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski was heard saying that Poland’s alliance with the US is worthless. It was a sentiment expressed before the crisis in Ukraine prompted President Obama to promise to do more to bolster Poland’s security.
And now a false flag attack on an airplane is bolstering him some more!
Soon after the scandal broke, the government looked fragile. But Tusk has since survived two confidence votes.
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Related: $ide of Polish $au$age
That reminds me; it is almost time for lunch.
