Could Poland replace Britain at EU's top table?
Christian Lowe, Reuters, 16.11.2012
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If Britain's Eurosceptic government decides to vacate its seat at the European Union's top table, Poland has many of the credentials needed to take its place.
At a time when Britain's ambivalence about Europe is weakening its influence in the bloc, Poland is riding high with a robust economy, a vision for itself at the heart of the EU, and fellow member states who want to make it their partner. […]
It is not only Poles who think their country's stature in the EU is growing. "For many of us, it has been clear Poland was playing a stronger role inside the EU," said Janis A. Emmanouilidis, of the Brussels-based European Policy Centre. […]
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