EU budget - ‘a belated Marshall Plan for Poland’ says foreign minister
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
12.02.2013 13:30
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NFP 12 02 2013 INTERVIEW WITH RADOSLAW SIKORSKI.mp3
In an exclusive interview for Polish Radio’s English Service, Foreign Minister Radolsaw Sikorski says the new EU budget is “a chance for us to catch up with the rest of Europe”.
Minister Sikorski, Tuesday: photo - W Kusiński/PR
Referring to the post-WW II Marshall Plan, with billions of dollars being lent to war-ravaged Europe by the Americans, Minister Sikorski told our reporter Michal Kubicki, Tuesday, that the EU 2014 – 20 budget, agreed by the 27-nation bloc last Friday, “will enable us to finish the physical modernization of Poland, the building of our roads, rail and scientific infrastructure, and a chance for us to catch up with the rest of Europe.”
On priorities for Poland’s foreign policy, Radolsaw Sikorski said that the main goals remain unchanged: “We would like to have Western-style neighbours on both sides of the border - which is easier said than done,” he said. (pg)