Merkel in Poland
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Polish Primie Minister Ewa Kopacz and Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel, among various ministers are the leaders of the 13th Polish-German intergovernmental consultations in Warsaw which started on Monday.
Such topics as bilateral relations, energy-climate policy and policy regarding the war in Ukraine as well as security matters will be held during the talks.
The summit of the Eastern Partnership taking place on May 21-22 will also be a part of the consultations' agenda. Ukraine and Georgia would like their EU partners to lift visas for their citizens on occasion of the summit.
The leaders will also discuss the matter of the minimum wage of €8.5 an hour implemented by the German government at the beginning of the year, which has resulted in an inspection by the European Commission.
Prime Minister Kopacz read a speech written by late Władysław Bartoszewski, in which he said that, "We have been talking about a Polish-German community of interests. Community of interests is not a given once and for all. It is a mobile structure, it requires our permanent effort and attention, so it has to be defined and fulfilled anew."
