№066: Poland and Spain: How to Cooperate in a Europe in Flux
№066: Poland and Spain: How to Cooperate in a Europe in Flux

Contributor(s): Marcin Zaborowski (Editor)
Subject(s): Economic policy, International relations/trade
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Poland; bilateral relations; Central Europe; Europe; European Union; international cooperation; Western Europe
Summary/Abstract: The lingering effects of the eurozone crisis have weakened the European project as a whole. As a result, stronger and more effective cooperation between enthusiastic EU countries such as Poland and Spain is very much needed. Besides cooperation within the EU in such fields as completing the single market and promoting a more holistic approach to the European Neighbourhood Policy, both countries should focus on improving their economic ties in bilateral relations and beyond. Through "smart" trade triangulation, Poland could open new markets in Eastern Europe for Spain, and Spain could reciprocate by doing the same for Poland in Latin America. This could help Poland make the economy more competitive and give Spain a lever for economic recovery.

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