WARSAW, Poland — (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a reshuffle of his Cabinet to replace four ministers running for the European Parliament next month.
The changes are also seen as a chance to bring new energy into Tusk’s government, which took office in December and embarked on deep reforms in many areas, including justice, foreign policy and the media.
“Today comes the time of bringing order and this is one of the reasons for which we jointly decided to have these changes,” Tusk said.
He said there will be more changes in the future that would be dictated by the “interest of the state.”
Tusk’s pro-European Union government has embarked on a wide reversal of the policies of its right-wing predecessors, the Law and Justice party, who between 2015 to 2023 put Poland on a collision course with the 27-member EU. Tusk’s team is taking steps to free the …