As far as I know he needs a coalition with the farmer’s party PSL. Furthermore president Lech Kaczynski is able to veto all laws that Tusk is bringing into the Sejm. To outvote the president it will take 3/5 of the votes in the parliament. We all know that Lech Kaczynski is stubborn enough to block Poland for the rest of his reign.
I am a little bit afraid of the possibility that the necessary reforms in Poland are bottled up because of obstruction. We have a quite simular situation here in Germany. Merkel is unable to do some fundamental reforms because of the SPD.
Actually - as far as we’ve had a chance to experience Kaczynski’s presidency - I won’t be surprised if he vetoes every act passed by the new parliament - one by one.
For example - during the time of Poland’s new independence (since 1989) it has never happened, that the President declined acceptance of a motion of the National Council of Judiciary to nominate a new judge. A candidate for this position must undergo a long procedure (training, probation, evaluation by the superiors, by the Ministry of Justice and by the National Council of Judiciary). So - actually - so far the presidential nomination actually a symbol - just like nomination of the Prime Ministers or the members of government.
But not under President Kaczynski.
Recently he refused to accept about 20 nominations - without any explanations, arguments. Just “because”.
And I’m talking about judges of some low rank courts (like Amtsgericht in Germany) not anything like the Supreme Court or the Constitutional Tribunal.
So - if he didn’t object to do something like that - then imagine what the rule of PO is going to look like.
Will the Civic Platform party be able to force withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq or will President Kaczynski be able to continue Poland’s deployment?