Donald Tusk’s Government After 1,000 Days in Office

August 11 marked 1,000 days of governing of Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk from PO Civic Platform, which seems a good time to juxtapose the promises made at the beginning of the term with their actual realization.

The cabinet is satisfied with their performance. “The government has been able to successfully lead Polish economy throughout the global crisis,” Paweł Gras, government spokesman told reporters yesterday.

And, quite recently, the cabinet had to deal also with a severe winter, heavy floods and presidential plane tragedy near Smolensk, Gras reminded.

However, the opposition claims this time has been wasted. Below are some of the facts outlined by the daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Among the unfulfilled promises is public finance deficit reduction 1% in 2011 from 2.5% in 2007. Currently the figure amounts to 7.1%.

Unemployment rate reduction below 10% in 2011 appears also impossible considering outlook for 12.3% rate at the end of 2010, the daily says.

Of 2,000 km dual-carriage roads promised by 2012, Poles may see mere 100 km.

Of all promises made only decreasing the age at which children go to school has been fulfilled, the daily notes.

But despite all these problems, polls still show strong support for Civic Platform and Donald Tusk’s government.