I am glad that Angela Merkel is the German Chancellor, as she tries to combine a sense of responsibility with morality and values. Because this is the essence of Europe.

Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.

If we believe that the EU is only a fair-weather event we will be doomed. The EU cannot be an answer only to the tragedies of the past but also to the problems of the future. We must understand that the geopolitical holidays are over. It's time to go back to school where there will be only hard exams to take.

Many militant conflicts began with war-like words. The blame game is currently more popular in the EU than football. But maybe there is also a good side to this. We now talk more honestly and emotionally with each other. Not in the soulless Euro-lingo of earlier times.

We should remind our American friends of their own motto: United we stand. Divided, we fall.

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.