Polish and Dutch FMs to discuss EU future
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
03.10.2016 07:41
The future of the EU in the context of Brexit, reform of EU structures and neighbourhood policy are to be discussed on Monday by Poland and the Netherlands.
![Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Warsaw. Photo: Gnesener1900 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://external.polskieradio.pl/files/f64946bc-526a-43a8-b80f-f6a431c144fc.file "Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Warsaw. Photo: Gnesener1900 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Warsaw. Photo: Gnesener1900 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
The countries will be represented by Foreign Ministers Witold Waszczykowski and Bert Koenders.
On Monday they will inaugurate the 26th Utrecht Conference, a forum at which Polish and Dutch experts discuss current European cooperation challenges.
"Security, in particular issues relating to the implementation of decisions taken at Warsaw NATO Summit will also feature prominently in the debate’s agenda," the spokesman of the Polish ministry told the PAP news agency.
He said that consultations held in the framework of the 26th Utrecht Conference will in turn cover matters of the Single Market, the Economic and Monetary Union, energy and climate, the EU’s external relations and social policy. The debate is to be attended by experts from Polish and Dutch ministries of foreign affairs, economy, environment, and of labour and social policy.
The aim of the Utrecht Conference, inaugurated in 1999 by Ministers Bronisław Geremek and Jozias van Aartsen, was to support Poland’s preparations for EU membership.
Now it is a forum for exchanging views between Poland and the Netherlands on European issues. (rg)
Source: PAP/MSZ