Warsaw and Brussels put on a show of friendship on Wednesday (23 November) while piling pressure on the UK presidency to sort out the EU budget mess.
Polish prime minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said he is "deeply convinced that the EU needs a strong Poland" and pledged to continue cooperation with the union.
Mr Barroso recalled an August visit to Gdansk where he saw "ordinary citizens in the streets, how warmly they welcomed the EU" and said he has "no doubts" about Poland's Eu...
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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.