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.

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.

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

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

My government is in no sense anti-Russian.

I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.

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.