In Poland Tusk sends radio and TV into insolvency to change journalists and management
The Polish government has declared the country's state media group insolvent , Prime Minister Donald Tusk's latest move to force a complete operational change after creating a government to replace that of the conservative PiS.
Deputy Culture Minister Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus told the Polsat news channel on Thursday that state television, state radio and the TVP news agency had undergone the insolvency process, which in Poland is called liquidation, to allow a complete reorganization and overhaul.
Tusk is trying to circumvent media laws and a regulator created by the previous government to make changes that he says will reduce the bias of state media. In the meantime, however, he behaves with an extremism that makes his predecessors appear moderate. He basically puts all the media out of business to have a free hand in their management.
The companies, which employ around 4,000 people, will continue to operate in a state of insolvency, while Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz said on social media platform X on Wednesday that "the state of liquidation can be withdrawn at any time".
Tusk admitted that “He could have acted less quickly,” but he has no intention of backing down. According to him, the change of TV leaders, linked to the previous PiS government, is only possible in this way, because the ordinary system must pass through a Media Council which is still governed by PiS men. The previous ruling party also appealed to the constitutional court against Tusk's appointments made by skipping the Media Council, and here the appointments were also made by PiSi.
So, in the end, the good government, at the head of the pro-European coalition, behaves with respect for the so-called "rule of law" which is equal, if not less, than that shown by PiS in its eight years of government. This conflictual situation will continue at least until 2015, given that the president of the republic, Duda, is still represented by PiS. Furthermore, the Tusk government is counting on a non-overwhelming government majority, 248 seats out of 460. The pro-European coalition therefore does not have an easy life, but is trying to make up for the problems with a tough attitude.
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