Profile: Donald Tusk’s journey to the top
EU leaders elected Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on 30 August to be the next President of the European Council. EurActiv Poland recounts his long journey from a historian and a private...
View ArticlePoland ‘can offer economic recipe’ to the EU
SPECIAL REPORT: Poland has proven it is possible to sustain economic growth without relaxing fiscal discipline, MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski told EurActiv.
View ArticleAnalysts: Weimar Triangle key for Poland’s new role in EU
SPECIAL REPORT: Warsaw needs to articulate more clearly its expectations and policy interests in the context of the Weimar Triangle, a format grouping three large members of the EU, France, Poland and...
View ArticlePoland’s stake in the Ukraine crisis: hawkish or insightful?
SPECIAL REPORT: Observers generally agree that Warsaw plays a major role in the EU’s handling of the Ukraine crisis. Some call it hawkish, while others say that Poland is simply more insightful, and...
View ArticleSikorski: If Poland is hawkish on Ukraine, is Russia a dove?
SPECIAL REPORT: If the EU had reacted more strongly to Russia's annexation of Crimea and adopted sanction more quickly, as Poland advocated, the currrent conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine, would not have...
View ArticleShale gas in Poland – from exploration to exploitation
SPECIAL REPORT: There are 65 shale gas wells and drills in Poland, more than any other European country. The UK, the other EU member state with plans to develop the resource, has only a couple of wells.
View ArticleSikorski: If Poland is a hawk, Russia is what?
EXCLUSIVE - If Europe’s reaction to Crimea annexation had been more vigorous, as Poland advocated, and if the EU had adopted more immediate sanctions at the time, the current war in Donetsk would not...
View ArticleSweden’s Ambassador to Poland: ‘On climate, I hope our children won’t blame...
There is still hope for meaningful decisions to be made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, Swedish Ambassador Staffan Herrström told EurActiv Poland in an exclusive interview.
View ArticleItalian ambassador: ‘Illegal immigration poses security threat to Europe’
Many immigrants reaching Italy’s shores cannot or do not want to be identified, posing a security threat to the whole of Europe in terms of terrorism and criminal infiltration, says Alessandro de...
View ArticleRussia imposes ban on Polish cheese
Russia has introduced an embargo on all Polish cheeses, basing it on just one type of cheese, the ‘Happy Cow’ brand. Euractiv Poland reports.
View ArticleJuncker paper fails to spark debate about eurozone’s future
National politicians have remained largely indifferent to a recent "analytical note" by the European Commission aimed at launching a debate over the future of the eurozone. EU leaders seem to be...
View ArticleUK, Central Europe frown at Juncker’s European army
During an interview on 8 March, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that the EU needed its own military, in order to deal with the Russian threat, as well as to restore the bloc's standing...
View ArticleGetting older in Poland: European healthcare challenges
Poles are getting older. By 2050, 33% of Poland’s population will be over 65 years old, and 10% over 80. It reflects a broader trend in the whole Europe: people are living longer. EurActiv Poland reports.
View ArticleMany EU countries say “no” to immigration quotas
The European Commission has submitted a proposal to find a fairer way to admit and distribute asylum seekers in the EU. But it’s up to the member states to decide, and many don’t accept the proposed...
View ArticleGreens/EFA president: ‘The only way to reduce our energy dependency is to cut...
Rebecca Harms, the president of The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, has criticised the Energy Union project as outdated. In an interview with EurActiv Poland, she talks about alternatives...
View ArticleLuxembourg diplomat: ‘I hope solidarity still has a place in Europe’
In an exclusive interview with Krzysztof Kokoszczy?ski, Georges Faber, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, spoke to EurActiv Poland about Luxembourg's plans for...
View ArticlePolish extreme right bares its teeth
Polish far-right organized demonstrations on Saturday (26 September), against the background of the refugee crisis. They succeeded in holding demonstrations in several big cities, but turnout was low....
View ArticleAll eyes on Germany as refugee exodus continues
Member states are affected in very different ways by the refugee crisis. But all of them worry about what will happen when Germany’s capacity to absorb asylum seekers reaches saturation point. The...
View ArticleKnaus: ‘Fences do not work’
The European Union cannot control the refugee influx without the cooperation of Turkey, Gerald Knaus, the President of European Stability Initiative think tank, told EurActiv Poland.
View ArticleCircular Economy: The future of Europe?
In the European Union, households alone generate 200 million tonnes of waste per year. That is why “we cannot get away from waste”, says Envi-Pro's Hanna Marliere. EurActiv Poland reports.
View ArticleTurkish Ambassador: EU accession is our strategic choice
Turkey upholds “European values” much better than some EU countries, the Turkish Ambassador to Poland, Yusuf Ziya Özcan, told EurActiv Poland.
View ArticlePoland goes to Court of Justice over ETS
The Polish government has decided to mount a legal offensive against the Emissions Trading Scheme reform. It contends that the market stability reserve (MSR) will be introduced too early, which would...
View ArticleCologne assaults reverberate across Europe
The attacks carried out against women, in Cologne on New Year's Eve, are still reverberating across Europe, auguring for more resentment against immigrants, and eroding the remnants of multicultural...
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