On 1 July 2011, Hungary will hand over the presidency of the EU Council to Poland. The priorities and challenges of the upcoming Polish Presidency were discussed by Janusz Reiter, President of the Center for International Relations, Warsaw, and Elmar Brok, MEP, Foreign Policy Spokesman of the EPP group and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The discussion was moderated by Markus Meckel, former Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Obszerny wywiad z Krystyną Iglicką na temat konsekwencji otwarcia rynku pracy dla Polaków przez Niemcy ukazał się w "Der Spiegel".

Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum calls for:

- human rights, freedom of expression, and reforms towards democracy to be given top priority in EU relations with Azerbaijan and Belarus

- jailed civil society activists and political prisoners to be released immediately in both countries

- civil society representatives, especially the Civil Society Forum National Platforms, to be recognised as key partners of the EU in all Eastern Partnership countries, and establishment by the EU of a Civil Society Facility to finance the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) and support dialogue between CSOs and government in the six Eastern Partnership countries.