During the first day of the Economic Forum in Karpacz, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala took part in the debate ‘Europe facing new challenges’. The politicians stressed the importance of Polish-Czech relations and announced that they would attend a summit of the entire Visegrad Group in the autumn.
“There were some ambiguities between our countries, but with Petr Fiala as the Prime Minister they have disappeared”, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Karpacz during a debate with the Czech Prime Minister. The head of the Polish government stressed that the common voice of Poland and the Czech Republic is strongly heard in Brussels.
In his speech, Petr Fiala said that it was only after the outbreak of the war that many European countries realised that the previous policy towards Russia was not successful, and it was only then that they started to draw on the experience of Central European countries. The head of the Czech government asserted that Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki now plays a very important role in Europe and his authority in the EU is of great importance in decision-making, including issues regarding Ukraine.
According to Prime Minister Morawiecki, people are now at a turning point in world geopolitics.
“Today, what counts strongly is the voice of those who presented a certain vision of the world in a coherent way and who were right about what happened”, emphasises Mateusz Morawiecki. He recalled that on more than one occasion he and Petr Fiala had warned against the consequences of Russian policy and added that Poland, together with the Czech Republic, is exerting effective pressure on its partners in Western Europe, especially the European Commission.
“Our voice in Brussels is strongly heard today also thanks to the strength of Prime Minister Fiala’s voice. And thanks to the fact that we have united within the Visegrad Group, as well as with the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the strength of the voice of Central Europe is much stronger than five or ten years ago”, said the head of the Polish government.
Arkadiusz Słomczyński