Poland’s Policy in the European Union
Poland’s Policy in the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The year 2017 was a period of intensification of the debate on the shape of the European Union after Brexit, in which Polish proposals for the improvement of the organisation were confronted with reform plans formulated in other Member States and by representatives of EU institutions. Although there was no decision on the direction of further development of the European project, the concept of a “multi-speed” Europe and the associated risk of dividing the bloc into central and peripheral regions, popular among the Western European leaders, remained a challenge for Poland. The pursuit of Poland’s interests in the EU was hindered by the EU institutions’ initiation of the procedure for investigating breach of the rule of law by Poland. The lack of progress in the dialogue between the Polish government and the European Commission led the latter to recognise the clear risk of violation of the rule of law in Poland, and to activate the sanction procedure under Article 7 of the EU Treaty (TEU) at the end of the year.

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