Around the turn of the year, Poland took over the presidency of the EU Council from Hungary, which rotates every six months.
The country’s government representatives will take over the leadership of numerous ministerial meetings until the end of June and mediate disagreements between EU countries. The main aim is to ensure that the EU legislative process runs as smoothly as possible.
Donald Tusk knows the EU’s machine factory
The hope in Brussels is that the Polish government will not exploit its prominent role for its own purposes in the same way as the Hungarian government has done over the past six months. Last summer, shortly after his country took over the Council presidency, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán traveled to Moscow and Beijing without prior permission, causing widespread discontent. Poland is not expected to take these kinds of solo diplomatic steps – also because Prime Minister Donald Tusk knows the EU apparatus better than many others.
Motto: “It’s about security, Europe!”
During the six months of its presidency of the Council, Poland mainly wants to set priorities in security and defense policy. “It’s about security, Europe!” is the motto of the government in Warsaw.
As regards external security, the main objective of the Polish Presidency is to strengthen the European defense industry. The EU and NATO country also wants to call for “maximum support” from the EU for Ukraine, which is under attack by Russia. When it comes to internal security, Poland focuses mainly on the migration issue and the fight against sabotage.
Source: Krone
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