Poland a leader of the Three Seas Initiative?
Europe needs a new leader, in the situation when France and Germany let down doing business with Russia against the European Union interests. It means the end of the leadership of Paris and Berlin and the necessity to look for a new leader for Europe. This role can be played by Poland and President Duda – writes dr Tomasz Teluk, President of the Institute for Globalisation and an expert at the Three Seas Initiative Foundation.
– Recently we have had a new chancellor of Germany and a president of France. We are now looking for a leader in Europe. From the American perspective, if they want to call Europe, who will they call? We need a leader in Europe. We will see who this leader will be, it must be somebody from a big country. It can also be the President of Poland. We will see – Alan Karis, the President of Estonia has said recently.
President of Estonia pointed out that Poland has the best Trans-Atlantic relations in the European Union. Moreover, it has engaged in the support of Ukraine to the greatest extent. Our country also plays a leading role in international armed forces in the region, for example leading the Grand Hetman Ostrogski Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade. The Baltic countries no longer trust German-French leadership.
Alar Klaris emphasises that, with the international support, he cannot imagine different scenario than victory of Ukraine. He also does not believe in peace solutions recommended by Macron and Chancellor Scholz. In the opinion of the President of Estonia, Putin’s war is also a war with the West and the European Union, not only with the Kiev government. – We must support Ukraine as much as possible – he said. It is a war of Russia against democracy, against the western world. It is also our war – he underlined.
The fact that Poland is a European leader is not only journalism. Hard numbers prove that. Before the outbreak of the war, our state was a first-choice country for the Ukrainian people looking for a job. We have overtaken Germany in this regard. Poland also leads the way in supporting Ukraine, we opened our homes the highest number of war refugees.
Among the EU countries, Warsaw also provided the greatest amount of weapon and humanitarian aid. We are also a leader in current economic growth. In the first post-pandemic quarter, our GDP increased by as much as 8.1 %. The EU average is only 1.1%. The economy of France increased in this period by only 1%. In fact, it all shows almost everything about the position of our country in the EU.
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