Germany told to act to save Europe / I fear Germany’s power less than her inactivity

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Series Details 29.11.11
Publication Date 29/11/2011
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Report of a speech made by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Germany 'Poland and the future of the European Union' on the 28 November 2011, and also an article he wrote for the Financial Times the following day 'I fear Germany's power less than her inactivity'.

Germany is the only country in Europe that can act to save the eurozone and the wider European Union from 'a crisis of apocalyptic proportions', the Polish foreign minister warned in a passionate call for more drastic action to prevent the collapse of the European monetary union.

Subsequently, a group of conservative MPs in Poland called for the dismissal of Poland's foreign minister. 'The foreign minister of our government made a kind of homage to Berlin without authorisation, or consultation with the President', ssaid MP Andrzej Dera of the Solidarity Poland group of politicians.

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EUObserver, 28.11.11: Poland fears German 'inactivity' more than German power http://euobserver.com/19/114424
France24, 29.11.11: EU under intense pressure to save the eurozone http://www.france24.com/en/20111129-eu-under-intense-pressure-save-eurozone
EurActiv, 29.11.11: Pressure mounts as Eurogroup gathers http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/pressure-mounts-eurogroup-gathers-news-509273
BBC News, 29.11.11: Eurozone finance ministers to discuss bailout fund http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15933685
Deutsche Welle, 28.11.11: German government dismisses idea of 'elite bonds' http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15563150,00.html
Polskie Radio, 30.11.11: Opposition want head of foreign minister after 'federal Europe' speech http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/59405,Opposition-want-head-of-foreign-minister-after-federal-Europe-speech
Polskie Radio, 28.11.11: Poland sets out vision for EU http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/59267,Poland-sets-out-vision-for-EU-
Poland: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Speech, 28.11.11: Poland and the future of the European Union http://www.mfa.gov.pl/files/docs/komunikaty/20111128BERLIN/radoslaw_sikorski_poland_and_the_future_of_the_eu.pdf
Gazeta Wyborcza, 30.11.11: Polish minister begs Germany to act (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1232521-polish-minister-begs-germany-act
Polityka, 13.4.12: Radosław Sikorski, another speedy European (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1793071-radoslaw-sikorski-another-speedy-european

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