Poland should embrace the EU says Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski yesterday announced to the Sejm that Poland's central point of interest is currently the European Union. "The EU is not the dangerous 'them', Europe and the Union is us," he declared.

He added that only a united Europe can ensure a boost in terms of the civilization of the country and promote Poland as one of the leading European nations.

President Lech Kaczyński did not appear in Sejm to listen to Sikorski's address but Minister Anna Fotyga, the former Foreign Minister stood in for him. "This is a very sad incident. It is a shame that we were not able to show the diplomatic body, that we are capable of watching over Poland's interest in solidarity," commented Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Sikorski named Germany and France as Poland's main partners. (Dziennik, p. 6; Rzeczpospolita, p. A4; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) A.K.