Prime Minister meets Martin Schulz in Strasburg

Prime Minister Beata Szydło is touring European institutions on Tuesday to defend the government's embattled image. Prior to her departure, she sent out a letter to MEPs in five major European languages, in which she defended changes undertaken by her government. After a 50 minute meeting with Poland's Prime Minister, Martin Schulz, the head of the European Parliament, said that talks were proceeding in a good atmosphere, however, he upholds his opinion that Poland is turning into a Putin-style political state. Schulz added that the biggest concern is to keep Poland in the center of the EU. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski and Minister for European Affairs Konrad Szymański.