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

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

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

What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.

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.

Over the years, the European Union and the United States have worked together to ensure peace and prosperity for our citizens and for people around the world.

The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and a belief in the market economy.