• Joint Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Polish, German and French
• “The need to understand the causes of eurosceptic attitudes in the context of Brexitu”
• We want to strengthen the foundations of the EU and European integration – ticked
• August 28 the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Weimar Triangle
On Sunday, the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Weimar Triangle, which includes Poland, Germany and France. On this occasion the castle Ettersburg near Weimar there was a meeting of foreign ministers of Triangle. In addition to talks Waszczykowski and Ayrault attended Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who invited his Polish and French counterpart on Sunday talks.
Minister Waszczykowski at a joint press conference with the heads of the Foreign Ministry of France and Germany stressed that during the talks presented a positive assessment of the Weimar Triangle, but found that the Triangle – especially in the current international situation – deserves more, and therefore proposed “yet greater intensification of work “format.
The head of Polish diplomacy suggested both meetings at presidential level, and government, as well as expert in the formula. “I introduced the concept of consultation. We meet from time to time before the European Councils, Councils. Foreign or other important events,” – said Waszczykowski.
As reported, proposed the tripartite visits to third countries and joint humanitarian programs. – We have coordinators at the technical level in the ministries of foreign affairs, who would coordinate this cooperation. We also have a strategic forum, which conceptually opracowywałoby new proposals – said the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry. Also proposed a meeting of the Weimar Triangle of the Visegrad Group.
Ayrault, referring to the idea of deepening consultations before including EU summits, argued that it is important to inform each other, in which the points of Poland, Germany and France have differences, to overcome them.
According to the head of French diplomacy among the answers that European politicians must give, there is a migration issue, on which there is no agreement among the countries of the Weimar Triangle. – I hope that at the next meeting by the end of the year we approach our positions. This approximation will be necessary that it was possible agreement between us – he stressed.
Steinmeier answering the question whether there is a chance to develop throughout Europe common policy on migration, he stressed that in Europe today is the “greater determination to jointly protect the external border than separate the refugees.”
Waszczykowski emphasized that in this regard there are many points in common, among them the mentioned building a common protection of the external borders and cooperation with third countries. He said that individual Member States different levels of wealth, so that they can not all under one asylum offer asylum-seekers the same.
Waszczykowski said that the most important topic of the talks was the result of Sunday’s referendum in June in the UK and the situation in the EU. As he spoke, the European Union must draw conclusions from Brexitu. – Poland is and will be in the EU, but we want the EU to be better – he stressed. He stressed that the EU institutions “to help citizens, and not vice versa.” – We’re not in the Union to create utopias, to create artificial institutions – he stressed. As he said during the meeting made preliminary proposals for the reform of the Community.
Steinmeier said that the Weimar Triangle “at many stages of European unification was a signpost and contributed to the fact that the process of European unification has become a success story.” The head of German diplomacy also announced that in addition to topics related to Brexitem discussed on Sunday the situation in Ukraine. – We want to continue the format Norman, but we are not satisfied with the implementation of the agreements Minsk – he stressed. He added that it was also discussed the situation in Syria and Libya.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers Polish, Germany and France stressed the need to understand the causes of the euro-skeptical attitudes in the context of a referendum in the UK. – We want to strengthen the EU and the foundations of European integration, improving it and demonstrating its capacity to act – they wrote.
How they have indicated they want to show that the European Union can achieve more than each country alone, “both in terms of internal and external security, migration and refugees, as well as to increase competitiveness, growth and employment, especially among young people” .
The heads of Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany and France have indicated the need for “European civilian and military planning capabilities and command” for their emergency response operations. – Underline the need for the sustainable development of a strong and competitive economy, defense in Europe – they added.
The declaration indicated that economic policy must make “new efforts in the field of new technologies and the transformation of energy, leading to higher public and private investment creating jobs.” It stressed the need to strengthen the common security of energy eg. Through “flexible regional cooperation in case of disruption of supply.”
Agency dpa notes that the declaration paid little attention to the problems of refugees, limited to naming her “one of the great challenges of our time.” Steinmeier assured, however, that the subject will not be ignored during further consultation.
German minister told reporters that the foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle countries jointly stated that the need for greater international efforts aimed at putting an end to the fighting in the Ukraine. He pointed out that there is insufficient progress when it comes to the implementation of what was agreed in the agreements Minsk. He said that representatives of the West are talking with Russia and Ukraine, to encourage them to implement these agreements. – We need to work towards de-escalation of the situation – he stressed.
– The Weimar Triangle can play an important role. (…) This is the format in which we can discuss the progress or lack of progress, as in the Normandy format aimed at ending the conflict Ukrainian – said Steinmeier. He added that recently have been undertaken new efforts to revive the talks between Russia and Ukraine and urge both parties to honor the agreements which have already concluded.
The Kremlin said last week that the leaders of Russia, Germany and France have agreed that, on the occasion of the G20 summit in China (September 4-5) will meet to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
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