The current leader of Poland 2050, Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, announced last Thursday that she had decided to leave the government. She also emphasized - referring to Hołownia - that "she leaves the party in the hands of its founder, who left but came back" and that she wishes him to "remember the values in the name of what values he came to power." As a result of her decision, Pełczyńska-Nałęcz was removed from the party.
Hołownia: There were no talks
Hołownia assured on Wednesday in an interview with Kanał Zero that he is not running for party leader after Pełczyńska-Nałęcz's resignation.
He also emphasized that "nothing is happening that would allow anyone to say that Hołownia is seeking a place in the government, that he is fighting for the deputy prime minister's portfolio."
There were no talks about my presence in the government, there were no specific proposals regarding my presence in the government, he added.
He informed that on Tuesday he talked with Prime Minister Donald Tusk about the current situation. I didn't even think about the fact that maybe now there is a place where I could fight for this mythical position - he said. Well, I'm not interested in the stool, nothing has changed in this matter - emphasized Hołownia.
"I have communicated my expectations and I believe we will achieve it"
Speaking about the situation in Poland 2050, Hołownia noted that the party had recently suffered two blows: the first was a split in the party, and the second was the departure of Pełczyńska-Nałęcz and, consequently, the loss of the ministry. As he recalled, the Prime Minister decided to propose Agnieszka Bartol, currently the permanent representative of the Republic of Poland to the EU, as the new Minister of Funds and Regional Policy.
I talked to him (Tusk) about it. I told him directly that if he still sees Poland 2050 in the coalition and Poland 2050 is to continue to see itself in the coalition, we expect that we will be able to take real responsibility and "deliver things," he reported.
We have planned a certain solution scheme, which we will confirm in the coming days. I have communicated my expectations and I believe that we will achieve it - said Hołownia.
"There is no government without us"
As he added, Poland 2050 must now, first of all, "heal the wounds." He assured that the party has local structures, although they are smaller than before.
However, there are people, there are MPs, we are the force in the parliament, without us there is no government - emphasized the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm. The truth is that nothing has changed since 2023 in the sense that each of us has a "golden share" and each of us can make the stories of ministers and prime ministers end - said Hołownia.
At the same time, he emphasized that "for Poland's stability in this troubled time, there is no room for eliminating the coalition and the majority outside the electoral process." Hołownia assessed that Poland 2050 "should be in this coalition, the people of Poland 2050 should occupy specific positions and positions."
Hołownia to the Vatican?
Hołownia, when asked whether he had talked to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, about the possibility of becoming ambassador to the Vatican, replied that they had talked "about very different things." About what is happening in the embassy in Washington, in the embassy in the Vatican, what is happening in the embassies of the G20 countries - he noted.
However, I am not currently in any process of applying for this position or this honorable function. However, if such a window appears, I will seriously consider it, because, as you know, I am also from the church industry - said Hołownia.
As he added, it seems to him that "in politics he did as much as he could with his character, but more of a diplomat than a party wrestler."
