The new Polish government will contain hawkish foreign and defence ministers, a mild-mannered MEP, and an investor-friendly banker.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of the Law and Justice party, which won last month’s elections, unveiled the cabinet, together with incoming PM Beata Szydlo, in Warsaw on Monday (9 November).
They named Witold Waszczykowski as foreign minister and Antoni Macierewicz as defence chief.
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.