Przywództwo w Unii Europejskiej w kontekście polskiego przewodnictwa w Radzie Unii Europejskiej
Leadership in the European Union in the Context of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The need of leadership in the European Union becomes especially conspicuous in situations of crisis. So far the member states managed to weather many such crises unscathed and afterwards adopted a new treaty or reached a gentlemen’s agreement to clarify any controversial regulations of the treaty in force. However, the consequences of the global economic crisis for the EU and its particular member states seem to have a deep effect on the nature of the EU and the character of cooperation between its member states. In a natural way therefore there emerges the need for an anti-crisis leadership, especially a collective one. The authors of the article strive to answer the following questions: How does the crisis affect the functioning of EU institutions?; How can the presidency of the EU Council act as the principal coordinator of the EU’s anti-crisis measures?; and finally: How did Poland during its presidency of the EU Council influence the scenarios of overcoming the crisis within the EU?; What was the role of the Polish Prime Minister in this context?

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