Politics

Analysis: Poland’s Golden Age paradox and Nawrocki’s bid to shift power inside the EU

Stuart Dowell
 28.11.2025, 18:36
Polish President Karol Nawrocki had called for full unanimity in EU’s decision making, a system not unlike that of Poland-Lithuania before it was ultimately partitioned. Photo: PAP/Albert Zawada; European Parliament; Wikimedia Commons
Polish President Karol Nawrocki had called for full unanimity in EU’s decision making, a system not unlike that of Poland-Lithuania before it was ultimately partitioned. Photo: PAP/Albert Zawada; European Parliament; Wikimedia Commons

Nawrocki portrays the EU as a cage that stifles Poland’s growing ambition and confidence.