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Solidarity was a Polish anti-Communism movement in the 1980s - but Poland wants the principle written into the EU treaty (Photo: Wikipedia)

Wallstrom backs Warsaw on constitution energy clause

EU communications commissioner Margot Wallstrom has backed Poland's bid to include solidarity on energy shocks in the new EU constitution, but warned Warsaw to leave the voting system alone or risk alienating potential European allies.

In an interview with Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza published Friday (16 March), she said "energy crisis" should be added to "natural disaster" or "terrorist attack" as a type of event that triggers the "solidarity clause" described in articles 43 and 329 ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Solidarity was a Polish anti-Communism movement in the 1980s - but Poland wants the principle written into the EU treaty (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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