Tusk weighed in on Polish politics while running EU institution, leaked audio reveals


Civic Coalition misplaced the 2019 parliamentary election, and Schetyna didn’t run for reelection for get together management in 2020. 

In the identical cellphone name, Giertych additionally mentioned he had advised that the get together promote Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, to which Tusk responded that it was an excellent thought. Kidawa-Błońska ended up being the get together’s candidate for prime minister within the 2019 election. 

Livid response

Giertych alleges the dialog was recorded “as a part of an unlawful operation” via Israel’s Pegasus spy ware, which the earlier authorities allegedly used to spy on political opponents. 

“The recording of conversations between a lawyer and his shoppers, the failure to destroy them, the elimination of copies of the conversations from the [Central Anti-Corruption Bureau], their switch to the media, and the publication of those conversations are very severe crimes,” Giertych wrote on X. “These responsible of all these crimes might be punished.”

The present Civic Coalition-led coalition authorities has launched a probe into whether or not PiS officers misused Pegasus software program to spy on their political opponents.

Tusk has not commented on the recordings as of Tuesday afternoon.