Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a conference on his last two years in power today that his government is widely regarded internationally.

PM Tusk claimed that his government has restored pride in the nation after the previous Law and Justice administration left the country in shame.

“We have become a great and proud country. Polish prestige has risen thanks to negotiations over the EU energy and climate package. Today the EU is almost scared at how good our delegations are,” said PM Tusk.

“Everywhere I go, I hear that Poland has specialists and ministers of the highest caliber. It is these people that have won such a reputation for this country.”

At the conference, Donald Tusk also stated that his government is continuing the fight against bureaucracy and that Poland has suffered the least in the ongoing financial crisis.

Paweł Poncyliusz, MP from the opposition Law and Justice party is not so enthusiastic and does not share Tusk’s optimism. He believes that the national situation is not as good as Prime Minister Tusk would like to believe, with Poncyliusz adding that Donald Tusk’s speeches are often merely cosmetic. (jb)