Poland: a new model for Europe?

France 24 brings you the first of a series of special debates as its teams travel across Europe. Today we're in Poland, a country which has gained a lot of confidence since the fall of communism almost 20 years ago. As Poland takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union on July 1st, can it be a diplomatic and economic model for the rest of the EU?

DEBATE

Roman KUZNIAR, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland
Sergiusz NAJAR, former Citibank CEO, former adviser to ex-PM Belka
Roza Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, EPP MP, Polish Civic Platform Party
Dominika PSZCZOLKOWSKA, Journalist for the Gazta Wyborcza

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François Picard

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