„Foreign Policy is a Tough Game of Interests, Where Smiles and Handshakes Matter but Aren't the Goal. We Are Pursuing Our Interests More Effectively Than Ever” — The President's Staff Draws a Clear Contrast with Previous Policy on the Day of the Meeting wi

24/06/2020

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The President's Staff Draws a Clear Contrast with Previous Policy on the Day of the Meeting wi:

Foreign Policy is a Tough Game of Interests, Where Smiles and Handshakes Matter but Aren't the Goal. We Are Pursuing Our Interests More Effectively Than Ever

Łukasz Mężyk

Foreign policy is a tough game of interests, where smiles and handshakes matter but aren't the goal. We are pursuing our interests more effectively than ever – says the narrator in the latest re-election campaign spot of Andrzej Duda, which 300POLITYKA is the first to publish. PiS campaign staff want to build another contrast between the "smile" policy in the style of Donald Tusk, from which – in their opinion – nothing more resulted. The main message is a strategic alliance with the USA, and it's no coincidence that the campaign staff's communication today is intended to amplify the effect of Duda and Trump's meeting. "Instead of the dictates of Russian Gazprom, we have cheaper LNG gas, and the number of American soldiers, which has increased severalfold, genuinely strengthens our security; the NATO border has clearly shifted eastward" – we hear in the spot. "President Duda played a key role in this. He is the president of Polish affairs" – this message concludes the spot. "Today, we have excellent relations with all the most important partners" – we also hear in the spot, as snippets from the president's meetings with Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, or the Prime Minister of China appear in the background.

Łukasz Mężyk