Without the capacity for systems thinking, the state remains merely an administrator of crises rather than an architect of the future.
The Western Balkans have been perceived since recently as a potential new field of cooperation between Germany and Poland.
The relations between the European Union and Turkey which, besides Russia, is the EU’s most important neighbor, should become at least an issue of dialogue between Poland and Germany. The latter will always possess the biggest potential in the EU to engage with Turkey; meanwhile, Warsaw’s relationship with Ankara has deepened substantially in recent years.
The new judicial system in Poland is incompatible with the membership conditions of the European Union. That situation might be manageable in the immediate term, but it is not sustainable indefinitely.
Negotiations on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027) may lead to serious tensions between Poland, the European Commission, and Germany deriving from very different approaches to such fundamental issues as the rule of law or the Eurozone.
Poland and Germany are the only two countries among the biggest EU Member States genuinely interested in the Eastern Europe and by default concerned by the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
European values have become one of the hottest issues discussed currently in the EU. They may be defined from various angles: political (liberal democracy and human rights), legal
The year 2016 changed everything. A set of coordinated actions by the ruling parliamentary majority, the government, and the President paved the way to the destruction of the independence of the Polish Constitutional Court.
Poland has never had worse relations with the European Commission, the European Parliament and Germany since its accession to the EU. The key problem is the undermining of the rule of law by the Polish government.
After Brexit, Germany and Poland will remain the only proponents of the liberal approach to the Single Market among the largest EU economies.
