Poland and France sign an enhanced friendship and cooperation agreement

On May 9, Poland and France signed a new treaty that improves relations between the two allies, including providing mutual security guarantees in the event of war.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who signed the document alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in the northeastern French city of Nancy, described the treaty as ,,revolutionary’’, noting that only Germany has a similar security pact with France and that it classifies Poland as an ,,equal partner”.

Macron, for his part, said the agreement was the beginning of a ,,new era’’ not only for France and Poland, but also for Europe. “From Brest to Krakow, the ,,old continent’’ is united”, he said.

The two leaders added that they deliberately chose to sign the document on May 9, which marks Europe Day – the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration that gave birth to the idea of ​​European integration – and the day after the end of World War II.

There are suggestions in the public space that France could expand its ,,nuclear umbrella” to protect its allies, including Poland. The new treaty would also deepen bilateral cooperation in agriculture, defense technologies and civil nuclear.

The Baltic countries (except Estonia) welcomed Macron’s proposal to expand Paris’s nuclear umbrella, according to the American news agency Associated Press. However, Russia has shown its full disagreement with the French president’s ideas, which it called ,,extremely conflictual”.