Post by Bonobo on Sept 3, 2010 23:22:26 GMT 1
New President, new policy/politics.
After two decades of being the most faithful European ally of US, even at the cost of her relations with major European states, Poland is reorienting her position in Europe. It seems that closer ties with Germany and France will slowly replace the previous partnership with US, which, under Obama, is not interested in this part of Europe anymore.
Weimar Triangle key to increased EU influence?
03.09.2010 15:03
A reinvigorated Weimar Triangle, which President Komorowski says is one of his key goals, gives Poland an opportunity to influence the future of EU policy, former foreign minister Dariusz Rosati tells Polish Radio.
President Bronislaw Komorowski has been in Paris and Berlin this week for talks with President Nicholas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel. On his first trip abroad as President of Poland since being elected in July, Komorowski has said that reinvigorating the Weimar Triangle - a diplomatic agreement signed by Poland, Germany and France in 1991 – is one of his key objectives.
MEP Dariusz Rossati, who served as Poland’s foreign minister in 1996 and 1997, told Polish Radio’s Michal Kubicki that a closer alliance with Paris and Berlin is part of Poland’s strategy of gaining more influence within the EU.
“France and Germany are the strongest players in the European Union,” Rosati said. “They are the two countries pushing forward the process of European integration. Polish support of Franco-German initiatives is therefore extremely important. Participation in the Weimar Triangle gives Poland an opportunity to shape these initiatives.”
www.thenews.pl/international/?id=138972
Komorowski in France:
In Germany
After two decades of being the most faithful European ally of US, even at the cost of her relations with major European states, Poland is reorienting her position in Europe. It seems that closer ties with Germany and France will slowly replace the previous partnership with US, which, under Obama, is not interested in this part of Europe anymore.
Weimar Triangle key to increased EU influence?
03.09.2010 15:03
A reinvigorated Weimar Triangle, which President Komorowski says is one of his key goals, gives Poland an opportunity to influence the future of EU policy, former foreign minister Dariusz Rosati tells Polish Radio.
President Bronislaw Komorowski has been in Paris and Berlin this week for talks with President Nicholas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel. On his first trip abroad as President of Poland since being elected in July, Komorowski has said that reinvigorating the Weimar Triangle - a diplomatic agreement signed by Poland, Germany and France in 1991 – is one of his key objectives.
MEP Dariusz Rossati, who served as Poland’s foreign minister in 1996 and 1997, told Polish Radio’s Michal Kubicki that a closer alliance with Paris and Berlin is part of Poland’s strategy of gaining more influence within the EU.
“France and Germany are the strongest players in the European Union,” Rosati said. “They are the two countries pushing forward the process of European integration. Polish support of Franco-German initiatives is therefore extremely important. Participation in the Weimar Triangle gives Poland an opportunity to shape these initiatives.”
www.thenews.pl/international/?id=138972
Komorowski in France:
In Germany
