The EU’s General Affairs Council (GAC) decided today to establish the EU Hybrid Rapid Response Teams (HRRT). These expert teams will constitute a new EU tool that will allow an effective response to emerging threats.

MFA Undersecretary of State Henryka Mościcka-Dendys took part in a meeting of the Advisory Legal Committee of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Committee's session took place on 16 – 17 May, coinciding with the celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe. The session included a ceremony during which Lithuania assumed the Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, taking over from Liechtenstein which held the presidency over the last six months.

Minister Radosław Sikorski has appointed Tomasz Chłoń as his plenipotentiary for countering international disinformation.

The event was held on 13 May 2024 in Gdańsk under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Congress was inaugurated by Deputy Minister of Science Professor Andrzej Szeptycki, who highlighted the efforts of the Polish academia to internationalise Polish science in a smart way.

Poland expresses deep disappointment about the adoption of the law on “transparency of foreign influence” by Georgia's parliament. The act is in breach of the European Union values and makes Georgia drift away from the EU.

On 13 May, Undersecretary of State Marek Prawda held consultations with his French and German counterparts: Secretary General of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs Anne-Marie Descôtes and State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office Thomas Bagger.