Donald Tusk in Poland would implement pro-EU immigration policies

Despite expectations that Donald Tusk's liberal government in Poland would implement pro-EU immigration policies, he has rejected the Pact and justifies this decision by arguing that Belarus is using mass migration as a weapon against Poland and that the country is already dealing with a large influx of Ukrainian refugees. By presenting his rejection not as an ideological issue but as a national security measure in the face of existing migratory pressures, Tusk avoids being labelled as ‘far-right’ and manages to fend off EU pressure to accept the Pact's ‘compulsory solidarity’ mechanism.