The priorities of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU that started on 1 January 2025 and the Bulgarian point of view on them were presented at a public discussion at the House of Europe in Sofia. The event was traditionally jointly organized by the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute, PanEuropa-Bulgaria, the European Commission in Bulgaria, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Bulgarien and the Embassy of Poland in Bulgaria.

The discussion was also joined by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ivan Kondov, and the Minister of Defence, Mr Atanas Zapryanov, who congratulated Poland on the choice of priorities and focused on the full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen area from the beginning of 2025, as well as Bulgaria’s immediate foreign policy priorities such as the accession to the Eurozone, the strong support for the EU enlargement policy in compliance with the principle of the own merits of the candidate countries and the need to modernize the armed forces.

The priorities of the Polish Presidency under the motto “Security, Europe!” were presented by the Ambassador of Poland in Bulgaria, H.E. Maciej Szymanski. They cover a total of 7 dimensions of security in Europe: external (defence and development of the military industry), internal (protection of the population and borders from illegal migration), information (resistance to disinformation and malicious information interference in Europe), economic (stability and freedom for business), energy (fair energy transition), food (competitive and sustainable agriculture), health (improving the mental health of European children and adolescents).