Tag: Polish EU presidency

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski threw down the gauntlet to Germany with a major political speech yesterday, calling on Berlin to avoid splitting the EU over tackling the eurozone crisis. EurActiv asked researcher Piotr Kaczyński to decipher its major highlights. 

Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan refused to sign a declaration, condemning the deterioration of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Belarus, at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw on 30 September.

Brussels will host a high-level conference in late October devoted to the EU's next long-term budget for 2014-2020, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso announced today (30 August) after a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The Polish EU Presidency is taking on the "exciting challenge" of countering a new wave of Euroscepticism and convincing other members of the Union that the European project is a "great thing", the country's prime minister, Donald Tusk, told a select group of Brussels journalists in Warsaw on 1 July.

Poland is well prepared for its upcoming EU Presidency, says Ewa Sinowiec, head of the European Commission's office in Poland, saying the Eastern country will be a "Stakanovite" and an over-achiever. EurActiv Poland reports.

The presidents of Serbia, Romania and Slovakia threatened to boycott a summit of Central and South-Eastern European countries, to be held in Warsaw over the two next days (27-28 May) with the presence of US President Barack Obama, over the participation on an equal footing of Kosovo's president.

Poland yesterday (10 May) unveiled a logo inspired by the iconic flag of Solidarność, the independent trade union that helped bring down communism, for its upcoming presidency of the European Union, set to take place from 1 July until the end of the year. 

Poland supports the 'Community method' of EU-decision-making, recently defended by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso against attempts by France and Germany to revert to intergovernmental methods, Polish State Secretary for European Affairs Mikołaj Dowgielewicz told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

Polish President Bronisław Komorowski said yesterday (7 February) that he would welcome Russia to meetings of the Weimar Triangle countries – comprising Poland, Germany and France – as a way of strengthening Moscow's ties with the EU. EurActiv Poland reports.

When Poland takes on the EU presidency in 2011, it will focus on energy, security and defence and injecting ''optimism'' into the European Union, Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Polish state secretary for European affairs and economic policy, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview.