The meeting coincides with the first Polish‑French Friendship Day and follows the Treaty of Nancy, signed on May 9, 2025, which deepened bilateral cooperation on security, the economy and social ties and introduced mutual security guarantees. Macron’s visit also comes after months of debate over whether France’s nuclear deterrent could play a wider European role, including possible closer cooperation with Poland. Tusk said he chose Gdańsk, his hometown, as the venue to underline both the city’s symbolic role in Europe’s postwar and post‑communist history and its broader story of reconstruction and renewal.
