Tusk said the meetings would not be political rallies, but frank discussions with voters about the government’s successes and shortcomings. He said he wanted a “great general confession at meetings with the people.”

He said the meetings would involve ministers submitting reports on what they intended to improve, Polish Radio reported.

Tusk was speaking in Gdańsk, where he was attending commemorations of signing in 1980 of the ‘August Agreements’ between the communist government and protesting Solidarity trade union which paved the way for free elections and the eventual fall of communism.

He said he wanted to use the legacy of those years and to learn from the spirit of togetherness and what he called the “power of community.” He said awareness of this power and the openness of 10 million people grouped within the Solidarity trade union had enabled the populace to stand up against soviet tanks.

The prime minister said the Polish people expected dialogue and transparency from the government, as well as explanations of why certain decisions had been taken.

He also said the government would be discussing a new media law and the financing of public media. The previous government was accused of using public media as a party propaganda machine and reforming the service was a key election promise of Tusk’s Civic Coalition grouping.

“The fact that we’ve wrested it from party hands does not mean we are satisfied with the current state of affairs,” he said, “starting with the financing of public media.”