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The funds for the Polish presidency will quantity to PLN 412.5 million, the identical as in 2011 – introduced Deputy Minister for European Affairs Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka on Thursday. In reference to the presidency of the EU Council within the first half of 2025, 40,000 friends are anticipated to come back to Poland to take part in over 500 occasions.
Amongst these occasions, there are deliberate political and official conferences, in addition to concert events and cultural occasions.
As Sobkowiak-Czarnecka knowledgeable, the presidency funds set by the federal government quantities to PLN 412.5 million and is the same as that of 2011, when Poland first held the EU Council presidency. The Deputy Minister emphasised that the funds has not modified, which implies that – considering inflation and rising prices – the second Polish presidency will truly price much less.
The six-month presidency interval will likely be inaugurated with a live performance in Warsaw on January 3. Ministerial conferences throughout the EU Council can even be held within the capital – 23 casual periods are to happen on the Warsaw Citadel. The second venue for official conferences would be the Nationwide Stadium.
As Sobkowiak-Czarnecka advised Polish correspondents, the initiatives from the Polish presidency program is not going to be restricted to Warsaw alone however will likely be organized throughout your complete nation. Skilled conferences and cultural initiatives are additionally deliberate in Krakow, Katowice, Rzeszow, Bydgoszcz, and Poznan, amongst others.
Through the Polish presidency of the EU Council, the European Fee will return to the custom of organizing off-site conferences and can collect within the Tri-Metropolis initially of January 2025. The federal government of the host nation is typically invited to take part within the Faculty of Commissioners.
The EC canceled a gathering in Hungary in July as a result of visits of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Moscow and Beijing, which might recommend that the Hungarian authorities head represents the place of your complete Group. The establishment led by Ursula von der Leyen additionally determined to ship a consultant on the official degree as an alternative of a commissioner competent within the given space to casual EU Council conferences in Budapest. (24/10/2024)
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