Minister of Foreign Affairs and candidate for the President of the Republic of Poland in the internal primaries of Citizens' Union appeared as a guest on TVN24 on Tuesday evening.
During the interview, host Monika Olejnik quoted snippets of statements by an anonymous KO politician published in Tygodnik Powszechny. Representatives of the party are said to have suggested that Polish Foreign Minister Anne Applebaum's “problem lies in her wife's background.''
Radosław Sikorski after the TVN interview. “We demand a restoration of standards.”
“There is already a secular tradition that first ladies should be of Jewish descent,” Radosław Sikorski said, referring to the fact that Agata Kornhäuser-Duda is also of Jewish descent.
After this remark, Monika Olejnik ended the conversation, but the Foreign Ministry Secretary did not say goodbye to the journalists and left the studio without saying anything before the end of the broadcast.
Shortly after, Radosław Sikorski posted an entry on social media. “I find it unacceptable to use the origins of a candidate's wife as a talking point in a presidential campaign. Contrary to Editor-in-Chief Olejnik's insinuations, we are not an anti-Semitic country. To TVN and Warner Bros. Discovery: , demands that we restore journalism' standards,'' the minister wrote.
Radosław Sikorski talks about the “Monica Oleinik insinuation.'' Politicians' reaction
Radosław Sikorski's rival Rafał Czaskowski commented on the situation. The capital's mayor said simply: “Wives, children and families are sacred. This is an expression of support for Anne and Radek.” “Thank you, Rafał. Family and homeland always come first,” Sikorski replied.
“It's probably Monika Oleinik's show, but Radosław Sikorski interspersed the 'i's,” said KO MP Łukasz Kohut, referring to the name of the journalism show. “I send words of full solidarity and support to Anna and Radek. This provocation in ‘Kropka’ is completely meaningless,” added Deputy Minister of Justice Arkadiusz Mircea.
Words of support for the minister came from beyond the political barricades. PiS lawmaker Janusz Kowalski wrote that the TVN journalist's “racist insinuations” against Ann Applebaum “cross the line into unacceptable.”
Primary election in K.O. Sikorsky or Trzaskowski? Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: We have a strong document.
In an interview with TVN24, Radosław Sikorski commented on his chances in the internal struggle for the presidential nomination on behalf of Citizens United. The head of the Foreign Ministry said Rafał Czaskowski was a good candidate in 2020, when PiS was in power and the rule of law was at stake, but today the situation has changed. – Today is about safety. I have a strong document here, he stressed.
Additionally, the Foreign Office Secretary said today that Law and Justice is looking for the equivalent of Donald Trump as a candidate. He considered himself a “strong player” who could deal with brutal opponents because he was “a boy from Bydgoszcz”.
In the opinion of Radosław Sikorski, the president of the Republic of Poland should be a person with both liberal and conservative sensibilities. He considered himself a man attached to the traditions of European civilization. -I think the important thing in the second round of voting is who can expand their electoral district. The Polish People's Party, for example, believes it has a better chance of attracting this electorate, he said.
Poland's top diplomat also vowed that, as head of state, he would sign legislation liberalizing abortion and introducing civil partnership for people of the same sex. Speaking about same-sex marriage, he considered same-sex marriage to be a “matter of dignity.”
Presidential election. Citizens United chose a primary election.
On Saturday, November 9, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the selection of candidates for the presidential election will be decided by party members in a primary election process. Deputy Secretary of Defense Cesary Tomczyk informed that this was an initiative of the President of Warsaw. Government leaders assured that the Citizens' Union will elect its representatives in November. The challengers are Rafał Czaskowski and Radosław Sikorski.
According to IBRiS' latest findings on Polsat's “event”, he is the candidate of the largest ruling party most likely to replace Andrzej Duda after next year's elections.
Respondents suggested that if Radosław Sikorski faced Przemysław Czarnek (PiS) in the second round, the Polish foreign affairs chief would beat him by a margin of 46.5%. The percentage support rate is 35.3%. However, if Karol Nawrocki were to stand opposite Radosław Sikorski, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would receive 46.7% of the votes, and the director of the Institute of National Memory would receive 36.3%. support. Rafał Czaskowski did slightly better in the survey.
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