“We presented the enlargement of the EU as the main topic of the meeting. Poland is a country that sets the pace of the discussion (…) There is a very concrete result of this meeting” – this is what the European Union Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk said about the meeting of EU ministers from the countries of the Weimer Triangle in the program “Signals of the day” (Programme I of Polish Radio).
Inviting the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine to this meeting is a clear gesture of our support for Ukraine among the largest EU countries
said the minister.
It is also a joint letter to the EC, postulating the inclusion of countries in the EU enlargement process even before it formally takes place
– added.
As he announced:
As European Affairs Ministers of Poland, France and Germany, we will visit the candidate countries together. We start with the Western Balkans, then Kiev is on the agenda to send a common signal of enlargement.
Referring to the sanctions against Russia, he noted:
Negotiations in Brussels are very difficult and need to be complemented by visits to individual Member States, especially if there is a problem.
Hungarian attitude
Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk also referred to the Hungarian blockade of funds for the armaments of Ukraine.
Budapest’s attitude to support for Ukraine is often much cooler than that of other countries, and certainly our own
said the EU minister.
Our task, which we carry out successfully for the most part, although it is of course difficult to achieve complete success, is that we managed to convince Budapest of many solutions
he stressed.
For example, we managed to convince Budapest to accept 10 sanctions packages against Russia
– remarked Szynkowski vel Sęk.
Referring to his immediate plans, the minister announced:
Lisbon is the capital which on certain points, for example regarding the parallel sanctions against Belarus that we have imposed against Russia, does not agree with the solutions we are proposing, which is why I am going there to convince our partners.
gah/Polish radio
Source: wPolityce