NEWS

04/07/2019

14:46

PM Morawiecki on the EU Summit: There were some disputes, some emotions, but we finally reached an agreement

Michał Olech

- The European Council summit, during which we discussed personnel proposals. It was a summit indeed full of emotions, and as one could imagine at the beginning of this selection process, it would be. Consequently, on one hand, there were some disputes, some emotions, but in the end, we reached an agreement. On the other hand, we have a strategic interest for years to come, for 25-50 years, for a very long perspective, namely an EU that is a union including European states, that as a continent wants to work as a whole on improving its competitiveness, improving communication between individual parts. I think that once these emotions subside, this arduous process of improving the political situation in the Balkans, and at the same time presenting a certain perspective to the Balkans, will not only continue, as it is ongoing all the time, but will even gain momentum. So I am an optimist, at least a moderate optimist, when it comes to the further course of this process. It will, of course, take a few more years, a good few years, but I think this strategic reflection will return to everyone, and there will be an opportunity to truly work through these assumptions and negotiation chapters. Later, when the negotiation process for individual countries opens up to the EU, countries that are making many efforts, e.g., Macedonia, which agreed to change the name of its country, which was a condition for starting preliminary talks. And I think we must keep our word. Poland is in favor of keeping agreements, of keeping our word, and therefore, even though some statements were indeed skeptical now, I think that within a year, two, or three, this process will gain positive momentum - stated Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, during a conference with the Prime Minister of Croatia.


Michał Olech