NEWS

20/02/2025

10:35

PiS Supports Mentzen's Resolution Against Sending Troops to Ukraine

Michał Lubowicki

– The issue of sending Polish troops to Ukraine has emerged. While Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the Minister of National Defence are saying there is no such topic and that Poland will not send these soldiers, the French are saying there is a cross-party agreement in Poland to only launch this topic after the presidential elections – said Sławomir Mentzen in the Sejm.

– To settle this matter, to make everything clear, I have prepared a draft resolution calling on the government not to send troops to Ukraine. Such a resolution will be a very good argument in Donald Tusk's hands when he negotiates with the West – he will be able to say that he might want to, but the Polish Sejm forbids him to do so – argued the Confederation MP, submitting a motion to adjourn the session and supplement the agenda.

“This Resolution is Necessary”
Then Andrzej Śliwka took the floor: – This draft resolution needs to be processed quickly. PiS is strongly against sending Polish troops to Ukraine. To send troops to Ukraine, a Council of Ministers' motion and the president's consent are required. Karol Nawrocki clearly states that he is against sending Polish troops to Ukraine – said the PiS MP.

– And what does the leftist activist Rafał Trzaskowski say? Trzaskowski will do whatever Donald Tusk and European leaders want. This resolution is needed because you have deceived more than once [...], you will deceive here in the same way. Quick processing of this resolution is necessary – he stated.

Ultimately, the MPs rejected the motion to adjourn the session. 176 MPs voted in favour, 239 against, and 6 abstained. The entire Confederation club and 158 PiS MPs supported the motion, while 14 PiS MPs voted with the ruling coalition, and 2 abstained.


Michał Lubowicki