Following Orbán’s response to Tusk, readers were polled on their evaluation of the Polish government, revealing mostly negative ratings.
Orbán Responds to Tusk
Recently, we reported on Viktor Orbán’s response to Donald Tusk’s provocative post, in which the Hungarian prime minister referenced the political situation in Hungary and the rising popularity of the TISZA party. The Hungarian head of government responded in German, using the term “Ungarischer Frühling” (Hungarian Spring), which sparked another wave of comments. We included an accompanying poll asking for an evaluation of the government.
Reader Poll Results Show Negative Evaluation
We asked readers how they evaluate Donald Tusk’s government. Five options were available, from “decidedly positive” to “decisively negative,” along with the option “I have no opinion.” The largest percentage of votes, 41.15%, went to the answer “decisively negative,” representing 4,306 responses (as of March 3, 2026). In second place was “decisively positive,” chosen by 36.71% of voters, or 3,842 people. The difference between these two extreme evaluations was less than five percentage points.
Moderate responses received fewer votes, both on the positive and negative sides. The answer “rather positive” received 12.65%, which equated to 1,324 votes. The answer “rather negative” received 7.42%, or 776 votes. The smallest percentage, 2.07%, chose the “I have no opinion” option, representing 217 votes out of 10,465 cast. A total of 10,465 votes were cast.
Tusk: Longest-Serving Prime Minister of III Republic
Donald Tusk was born on April 22, 1957, in Gdańsk. By education, he is a historian and a graduate of the University of Gdańsk. He is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the Third Republic, having headed the government from 2007-2014 and again since 2023. In the past, he also served as President of the European Council from 2014-2019 and Chairman of the European People’s Party from 2019-2022.
He began his political career as an activist of the democratic opposition in the Polish People’s Republic, and after 1989, he co-founded several political parties, including the Congress of Liberals and Democrats and the Civic Platform. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, he obtained a mandate for the 10th term as a deputy, receiving 538,634 votes in the Warsaw constituency. In December 2023, he was elected by the Sejm to the position of President of the Council of Ministers, and subsequently appointed to this office by the president.
