The Polish presidency wants to commit to the democratization of the neighborhood

(BRUSSELS2 to Warsaw) The neighborhood and ongoing democratization are the two foreign policy priorities of the Polish Presidency of the EU for the next six months. " Poland can bring something, with its experience, its history, to democratization explained Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski. We want " push the democratization agenda because we are sure that is a key to the neighborhood policy and foreign policy » Of course, for Poland, the countries in its immediate neighborhood — Ukraine and particularly Belarus — are the main subjects of interest. But the wind of revolt blowing in the Arab world is also important, explains the minister, who uses François Mitterrand’s formula: “ The wind of freedom that blew in the East will inevitably one day blow in the direction of the South. (1). If for Tunisia, the minister has little concern, " it's probably the easiest he points out that the important piece is Egypt, " this is southern ukraine “, he explains. On the other hand, concerning Libya, it is not not so optimistic "...

(1) A formula summarizing the famous La Baule speech delivered in June 1990 by François Mitterand during the France – Africa Summit.