Will Ukraine dominate European elections?

Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks at the Civic Platform convention on 22 March 2014 in Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

But with the situation in Ukraine topping the political agenda, will other policy areas fall by the wayside? asks reporter John Beauchamp.

At the Civic Platform convention - which was also attended by Ukraine's opposition leader Vitali Klitschko - PM Donald Tusk said that "everyone who wants a safe and secure Poland in a united Europe [...] must support Ukraine."

Leader of the opposition Law and Justice party, Jarosław Kaczyński speaks on 22 March 2014 at a presentation in Warsaw of the party's candidates for the European Parliament elections in May. PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski

For his part, leader of the opposition Law and Justice, Jaroslaw Kaczynski said "without a change of guard, [Poland] will be neither strong nor secure."

But for all the fighting talk in Poland, will Ukraine dominate European politics? Columnist for The Guardian, Remi Adekoya believes that Ukraine will carry on topping the agenda, along with EU energy security.

However, across Europe the situation in Ukraine is not of much interest to voters in older member states, says Joe Litobarski, editor of Debating Europe, an EU political discussion platform.