Crisis and EU foreign policy / Policy Brief
Towards an Enhanced Polish-Spanish Partnership
05/01/2012 By Bartlomiej Znojek
This paper by the Polish Institute of International Affairs argues that despite the likely preoccupation with the immediate internal challenges and broader, EU-wide concerns, Poland and Spain stand a good chance of bolstering their relationship given their credentials as ardent advocates of European integration and a positive track-record of the bilateral cooperation to date. In particular, the relationship could benefit from the further development of its institutional framework, and from recasting the dialogue on crucial matters such as European neighbourhood or European defense cooperation. While Poland and Spain may not see eye-to-eye on certain issues—the future EU budget being arguably the most prominent among them—they should still make an effort to deepen their dialogue given the high stakes on the European level.
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Keywords
Dialogue European Neighbourhood Policy European Union Poland SpainBio author: Bartlomiej Znojek
