Poland’s first plant on the Baltic coast is moving ahead with US-based Westinghouse and Bechtel at the Lubiatowo‑Kopalino site, a coastal location in the Choczewo municipality of northern Poland, but the government is also preparing an updated nuclear strategy that will shape the next stage of its atomic program. EDF, France’s state-backed energy group, is promoting its EPR2 reactor design for potential projects in Poland as part of Macron’s wider drive to revive and expand the French nuclear sector. The issue fits into a broader Polish‑French agenda that increasingly links security, strategic industry and long-term energy independence as Europe seeks to reduce vulnerabilities exposed by Russia’s war in Ukraine.