
Anna Bartol is to take over the Ministry of Funds after being sworn in by President Karol Nawrocki
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Last week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, following the dismissal of Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz as head of the Ministry of Funds. Poland 2050 lost the position of head of the Ministry of Funds, and the management of the ministry was entrusted to Anna Bartol, who has been Poland's permanent representative to the EU since 2024. Bartol will join the Council of Ministers after being sworn in by President Karol Nawrocki.
Last week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, after the then head of the Ministry of Funds, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, resigned. Ultimately, Polska 2050 lost the position of head of the Ministry of Funds, and the head of government entrusted the management of the ministry to Anna Bartol, who has been Poland's permanent representative to the EU since 2024.
Anna Bartol will join the Council of Ministers only after being sworn in by President Karol Nawrocki. The Tusk-Hołownia conversation was supposed to concern the position of Poland 2050 and new positions for politicians of this party at the rank of deputy ministers.
According to RMF FM's findings, the new deputy ministers for Poland 2050 will be MPs: Łukasz Osmalak, who will join the Ministry of Infrastructure, and Bartosz Romowicz, who will join the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. As we learn, the official signing of the nomination by Prime Minister Donald Tusk is to take place in the second half of November.
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Anna Bartol will be sworn in by President Karol Nawrocki and will join the Council of Ministers
Very likely · Within days
The official signing of the nomination by Prime Minister Donald Tusk will take place in the second half of November
Likely · Within weeks

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