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GovernmentInformationonPolishForeignPolicyin2012
(presentedbytheMinisterofForeignAlairsoftheRepublicofPoland
RadosławSikorskiatasittingoftheSejmon29March2012)
MrPresident!MadamSpeaker!MrPrimeMinister!GovernmentMinisters!
YourExcellencies,MembersoftheDiplomaticCorps,MembersoftheHouse!
Ayearago,Ireportedonouractivitiescoveringafullterminofce.Today,
asthelongest-servingMinisterofForeignAlairsinthehistoryoffreePoland,
Iwillunveilplansforasecondterm.TankstothetrustyouhaveputintheCivic
Platform-PolishPeople)sPartycoalition—asreflectedinthelastelectionresults—
Polishforeignpolicyhasbecomemorestable,andmorepredictable.
TecorrelationofforcesaroundPolandisstillpropitious,thoughlesssothan
recently.Iseenothreatstopeace.Everyyear,Polandismovingclosertooccupying
itsrightfulplaceintheworld.ButtheWest)seconomicandmilitarymight,as
wellasitsprestige,haveweakened.TeCommunitydecision-makingmethod
isbeingincreasinglyquestionedinEuropeandtheeconomiccrisishasmade
theEuropeanUnionlessattractiveasacivilisationandlesscapableofexerting
influence.TeUnitedStatesiscuttingdefencespendingandreorientingtowards
thePacificregion.Tankstohighrawmaterialpricesandthedeterminationof
theRussianleadership,elortsareunderwaytouniteformerpost-Sovietstates
aroundapoliticaldecision-makinghubalternativetoEurope.
Weareforcedtopushforwardwithourplansatatimeofglobalcrisis.But
beforewegetaccustomedtothefactthatPolandiscopingwithitsafermathbetter
thananyothercountryinEurope,Iwishtoremindyouthatthishasnotalways
beenthecase.DuringtheGreatDepressionofthe1930s,citizensoftheSecond
PolishRepublicsuleredfromwide-scalepoverty.In1935Poland)sGDPwashalf
thatof1929,whileunemploymentintheEastofthecountrytopped50percent.We
liveindifculttimes,albeitnotasdramaticasthoseIhavejustdescribed.During
thiscrisis,thePolisheconomy—whichrankssixthinEurope—isexpanding,not
contracting.AccordingtotheOECD,since2007wehavebeenthefastestgrowing
economyinthisselectgroupof34richestcountriesintheworld.
Letmerepeatonceagain:today)sPolandisthebestPolandwehaveeverhad.
AsthechiefofPoland)sdiplomacy,IbelieveitismytasktopursuePolishforeign
policyinsuchawayastosubstantiallyhelpimproveoursecurity,bringgreater
prosperityandboostourstrength.
MembersoftheHouse!Lastyearthemaininstrumentwhichenabledusto
buckandreverseworryingtrendswas,naturally,thePolishPresidencyofthe
CounciloftheEuropeanUnion.Iamproudtostatethatdespitetheadverse
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