Prime Minister Donald Tusk will present the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union on Wednesday in the European Parliament. The debate with the participation of the head of the Polish government is scheduled to start at 10.30.
The debate between MEPs and the head of the Polish government is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. and last about two hours. It will be attended by, among others, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Before the debate Donald Tusk will hold a bilateral meeting with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
On Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Donald Tusk will go to Oslo, where he will talk with the head of the local government, Jonas Gahr Stoere, about security, deepening relations between Europe and USA and cooperation under the Norwegian Funds and the European Economic Area.
Tusk's visit is also intended to be an impulse to start preparations for concluding a Polish-Norwegian partnership in the area of ​​energy and climate policy.
Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union began on January 1 this year and will last six months. It is held under the slogan “Security, Europe!”. Poland emphasizes – as reported on the European Parliament's website – that its second presidency comes “at a time of uncertainty and anxiety” in connection with war in Ukrainegrowing geopolitical tensions, migration pressure and declining European competitiveness.
Warsaw therefore proposes strengthening European security in seven dimensions: external, internal, information, economic, energy, food and health.
Poland took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second time in the history of its membership in the Union. The first presidency took place in the second half of 2011. At that time, Tusk, as head of the Polish government, also presented its priorities in the European Parliament. He emphasized then that it was necessary to fight Eurosceptic tendencies in Europe.
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