Radek Sikorski
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Radek Sikorski is a seasoned politician with extensive experience in foreign affairs, particularly regarding Poland's position in Europe and its historical challenges with Russia. This interview reveals his strategic thinking and ability to cut through complex issues to focus on what truly matters for Poland's future.
“Well, since I have this experience, I have taken it upon myself to prevent the Polish people having the same trick played on them. The difficulty in Britain was that politicians felt constrained To counter the myths and the lies. And I do it almost every day so that the misrepresentation doesn't get accepted as reality.”
“You asked me about Lady Thatcher, and I now think that the seeds of Brexit were planted in the 1980s. So on the one hand, it was under Margaret Thatcher that Britain signed the Single European Act, which made EU law a primary. And also it was a British invention to set up the single market.”
“The contrast was considerable. So one day we are with friends having the last party at Oxford University and six weeks later I was in a cave in Afghanistan, a flee-infested cave, if I may say so. And I'd been preparing for that journey with Chris Robson, a friend from Maya.”
“So in Poland until 10 years ago, we had a system basically of judges electing themselves with a minority being elected by parliament. And our nationalist competitors broke, in my view, broke the constitution by electing a much larger number of them by politicians.”
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