Poland in the EU

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki took part in the fourth EU leaders meeting, which was devoted to progress on the various dimensions of the European response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The discussion on Ukraine and the Eastern Partnership was the main topic of the informal meeting of foreign ministers that took place in the form of video conferences. Poland was represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz.

EU ministers responsible for European affairs held an informal video conference to discuss the EU’s and the member states’ response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Poland was represented by Minister Konrad Szymański.

The Minister of Sport, Mrs Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk, represented Poland during a video conference on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sport sector.

During the informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, EU ministers exchanged views on the package of measures to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and discussed the preparations the ground for a recovery fund to relaunch the EU economy. Poland was represented at the video conference by the Minister of Finance Tadeusz Kościński.

During the informal video conference of ministers responsible for internal affairs, the European Commission presented guidelines on the implementation of the migration and asylum acquis during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Join European Roadmap towards lifting the containment measures.

Ministers responsible for trade in EU member states discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade and exchanged views on trade policy instruments best fitted to prevent the pandemic and overcoming its negative effects on the economy.

EU ministers of health held a video conference to take stock of the current situation and measures already taken in response to the spread of COVID-19 in the EU and to reflect on the challenges ahead in order to find the best coordinated approach for moving forward.

The video conference of the education ministers of the EU Member States was an opportunity to exchange information and experience on the impact of coronavirus on the functioning of education systems, in particular in the field of remote teaching.

On 10 April 2010, a special TU-154M plane with the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and the First Lady Maria Kaczyńska on board took off from Warsaw to Smolensk. On that very day the members of the official delegation were to participate in the ceremonies taking place in the Katyn War Cemetery, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the crime committed there. The aircraft carried 96 people, including members of the highest state authorities, representatives of various social circles and religious denominations, high-ranking military commanders and the plane’s crew. All the flight passengers died in the air disaster which took place during landing at the airport near Smolensk.