Poland’s prime minister has the advantage of being well respected on both sides of the Atlantic, says Paul Taylor, a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre
As France and Germany struggle, Poland’s prime minister has the advantage of being well respected on both sides of the Atlanticith France and Germany hobbled by political crises and Britain sidelined as a result of Brexit, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, may be the last national statesman standing to marshal Europe’s response to Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House.
Enter Tusk, a seasoned centre-right leader who once chaired EU summits, who has defeated rightwing populists at home and maintains good relations with the US, the UK, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte. By chance, Poland takes over the rotatingfrom maverick Hungary in the first half of 2025, giving it a chance to shape the agenda in these crucial months.
Political change in Warsaw has put the country back at the centre of EU politics. Tusk’s Civic Platform party is part of the European People’s party dominant in the Commission and the European parliament. Poland has revived the Weimar Triangle cooperation format with Germany and France – a diplomatic agreement to engage in regular dialogue on EU affairs. It has joined thethat Europe must be prepared for a looming war.
Defence ministers of the five main continental powers – the UK, France, Germany, Poland and Italy – met in Berlin in acreated partly to draw London into European defence cooperation. Foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle met in Warsaw on the 1,000th day of the war in Ukraine to vow their continuing support for Kyiv.
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