Eastern countries waiting for Poland's 'natural sympathy'

With events in north Africa having taken up much of the EU's attention over the last six months, the bloc's eastern neighbours are hoping Poland will put them back on the agenda when it takes over the rotating presidency.

Since the democratic uprisings began in January in Tunisia, the EU has been looking south and scrambling to find a response to the new geopolitical situation, to update its policies for the region and to deal with the surge in migrants.

The developments have comp...