Poland’s Policy Towards France
Poland’s Policy Towards France

Summary/Abstract: The main determinant of Polish foreign policy towards France in 2017 was the takeover of government by 39-year-old centrist Emmanuel Macron. First, this former minister of economy in the François Hollande administration unexpectedly won the presidential election (7 May). Then, he established the La République en Marche party (LRM) obtaining an absolute majority in the National Assembly (18 June). Macron’s assumption to office then involved significant social-economic and political changes in one of Poland’s key partner and allied countries. First, France entered in-depth structural reforms (labour market, improvement of public finances, etc.). Second, the successes of the presidential team marginalised existing mainstream parties, i.e., the Republicans and the Socialist Party, and sparked generational change in the French political class. From Poland’s perspective, such radical transformations of the political situation in France were associated with uncertainty as to the direction of the foreign policy of the new administration.

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