Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused the opposition of “attempting to destabilise the situation” in Poland by suggesting the country could suffer energy shortages as a result of the conflict in the Middle East sparked by the US and Israel’s attack on Iran.
Tusk also announced that the government is “logistically prepared” to evacuate Polish citizens stranded in the Middle East if needed, but that he has so far decided against launching such an operation.
Speaking ahead of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the prime minister noted that “there have been signs of a rather nasty narrative from some politicians regarding fuel”. He said such statements could trigger panic buying, creating real problems where none previously existed.
Though he did not name individuals or parties specifically, the national-conservative opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has accused the government of failing to secure Poland’s supplies amid the turmoil in the Middle East and has warned of shortages.
“You have to be very ill-willed to, in the midst of such a powerful geopolitical crisis, with wars raging in several places…try to destabilise the situation in our country for no reason at all,” declared Tusk.
He said that Poland has “no problems with fuel supplies”, reiterating earlier statements to that effect from the energy ministry and fuel infrastructure operators PERN and Gaz-System, which have all declared that Poland faces no risk of shortages thanks to diversified supply sources and...
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