The Everlasting Illustration of Poland to the EU is doubling its employees in reference to the Polish presidency – it’s anticipated to have over 300 individuals. After Piotr Serafin, the put up in Brussels will most certainly be headed by the present secretary of state of Poland within the prime minister’s workplace Agnieszka Bartol-Saurel.
The Everlasting Illustration in Brussels employs 154 individuals. As revealed by PAP, throughout the Polish presidency within the EU Council within the first half of 2025, 148 individuals can be added, most of whom will begin working within the constructing at Rue Stevin in Brussels as early as September. Amongst them are officers “lent” in reference to the presidency from EU establishments, however the overwhelming majority are workers of ministries in Warsaw.
“The burden of conducting negotiations within the EU Council, which Poland can be liable for from January 1, rests on the Everlasting Illustration in Brussels,” mentioned the Polish deputy minister liable for preparations for the presidency Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka. “Our specialists will take over the management of working teams, they may put together formal conferences, specifically councils through which ministers take part,” she emphasised.
Departures from ministries in Warsaw to Brussels started on September 1. In response to Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, the most important group consists of officers from the Ministry of International Affairs, however there are additionally workers of the ministries of agriculture or growth and know-how. “The recruitment of those individuals has been carried out over the previous ten months. These are specialists employed in departments coping with European coverage, who take care of EU issues every day,” the deputy minister famous.
Within the first half of 2025, when Poland will maintain the presidency within the EU Council, about 2,000 conferences are deliberate, organized each in Poland and in Brussels in addition to in Luxembourg, the place conferences are historically organized in April and June. Main the EU Council, Poland will work on 150 initiatives, together with legislative proposals.
Presently, the duties of the Polish consultant to the EU, i.e., the pinnacle of the Everlasting Illustration, are carried out by Piotr Serafin. The diplomat will quickly transfer to the close by Berlaymont constructing, the place the European Fee is positioned. Serafin, who in response to Prime Minister Donald Tusk‘s announcement is to obtain the portfolio of Commissioner for Price range Affairs, should first bear hearings within the European Parliament. Nonetheless, as heard within the corridors of the chamber, his candidacy is seen as sturdy, and the Pole will definitely not be among the many controversial candidates for “grilling” by MEPs.
PAP confirmed from two sources that Serafin is to get replaced by Agnieszka Bartol-Saurel, the present secretary of state for EU affairs, who moved to the prime minister’s workplace from Brussels this 12 months. Bartol-Saurel is among the most skilled Polish officers, who labored in Brussels for a complete of 20 years, and in 2022 turned the Director-Normal for Communications on the EU Council.
In response to an EU diplomat, though Bartol-Saurel’s nomination as head of the put up in Brussels is just not but confirmed, “everybody treats it as a finished deal.” The difficulty of Serafin’s successor is to be formally resolved within the coming weeks after Serafin undergoes hearings within the EP. (05.09.2024)
