the forefront of supporting

Poland’s EU presidency, which began on January 1, stood out due to its own credentials as a country at the forefront of supporting Ukraine, at a time when Europe’s centre of gravity is shifting eastward. In 2023, Poland was welcomed back into the EU mainstream after Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s win in the parliamentary elections, which ousted the far-right Law and Justice Party (PiS) from power. Coinciding with the start of the EU’s new institutional cycle right after Hungary’s controversial presidency, during which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Poland seemed like the ideal country to champion EU priorities against the challenging backdrop of strained transatlantic ties and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. สล็อต