Relations between Szydlo, a conservative, and Tusk, Poland’s former centrist prime minister, are tense.
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His comments come as leaders of the other 27 European Union members states are set to discuss the organization’s future in the Slovakian capital Bratislava.
“Brexit won’t be resolved during the Slovak presidency and will linger throughout the next few presidencies as well”, stressed Miklos.
European Council president Donald Tusk said the EU must take a “brutally honest” assessment of the bloc’s problems and change where needed. Economists expect a 3.3 per cent decline in Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports for August, compared with the same month a year ago, as lacklustre global demand continues to weigh on the Republic’s open economy. Greece’s place in the euro single currency has been called into question, and created a major rift between pro-austerity countries led by Germany and countries with more social-minded governments.
It is true that Europe has recently been shaken by all kinds of crises but as the same time it is my feeling that the best motto for the Bratislava meeting is that we must not let these crises go to waste.
France and Germany have been the driving nations behind the European Union since its inception over half a century ago and they are cooperating intensely to get the European Union back on the rails ahead of a summit in the Italian capital next March, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the EU’s founding Treaty of Rome.
More concrete proposals would be presented at a summit in March of next year that coincides with the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding Treaty of Rome.
“We have to assure our citizens that we have learned the lesson from Brexit and we are able to bring back stability and a sense of security and effective protection”, Mr Tusk said.
Tusk is clear however that handing more power to Brussels “is not the desired recipe” as it fueled support for Brexit.
Just this week, the foreign minister of founding member Luxembourg suggested Hungary should be suspended or expelled from the European Union over its dealings with refugees and other human rights issues.
One thing rarely changes, though.
Mujtaba Rahman of political risk consultancy Eurasia said the summit may only end up advertising “the scarcity of common ground” among the EU-27 and the weakness of its most important leaders Merkel, Hollande and Italy’s Matteo Renzi.
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“People in Europe want to know if the political elites are capable of restoring control over events and processes which overwhelm, disorientate, and sometimes terrify them”, Tusk wrote to the leaders. “Today many people, not only in the United Kingdom, think that being part of the European Union stands in the way of stability and security”, wrote Tusk in the letter published on Tuesday.
