Polish FM backs up colleague over EU crisis talks
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
16.09.2011 12:00
Poland’s foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski has warned that a “great crisis cannot be excluded” regarding the fate of the EU.
Radosław Sikorski
Sikorski made the remarks in an interview with Polish Radio on Friday, echoing the sentiments of Jacek Rostowski, Poland’s Finance Minister who made a keynote speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
“Given our presidency [of the EU Council], we are obliged to sound the alarm, so as to prevent bad scenarios,” Sikorski said, adding that “there is no greater danger to Poland than the renationalisation of the foreign policies of the EU.”
Addressing MEPs in Strasbourg about Greece’s mounting debts, Rostowski warned that the EU was “in danger” if it does not resolve problems with the eurozone and mounting debt.
“If the eurozone breaks up, Europe will not be able to survive for long,” Rostowski claimed.
Speaking today, Sikorski backed up his colleague’s remarks.
“I think that European politicians would do well to listen to what we say,” the foreign minister claimed, adding that “this means that important decisions are needed, so that the European Union, which is facing a sharp bend, avoids crashing.”
“A great crisis cannot not excluded,” Sikorski added. (nh/jb)