Friedman: Poland to become regional power

Poland will become a "significant power" in the region due to Russia's weakness and the dependence of the German economy on exports, American political scientist George Friedman told the Polish Press Agency (PAP). "The country plays a leading role not only when it comes to the president of the EU [the European Council], but also wider," Friedman pointed out and enumerated two reasons why Poland may become a power, "the first one is weakness of Russia, the other one is the situation of Germany, the world's fourth biggest economy, which exports over half of its GDP." He explained that Germany is dependent on buyers of its goods and in the future, the country will fail to maintain the exports volume on the current level. "Poland is smaller, but a stable platform at the same time. In addition, it plays a leading role regarding the conflict in Ukraine. That is why, I believe it will be a significant power in the region," Friedman concluded.