Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz - Poland's raison d'état and the New International Environment:
"The 'economisation' of Polish foreign policy is reflected in growing direct
involvement of the diplomatic and consular services in measures aimed at
boosting exports, attracting foreign investors, promoting Polish economy
internationally, and co-operating with foreign partners. This has been an
increasingly important trend in the activity of the entire diplomatic service,
albeit handicaped due to the continuing dual system of representation of Polish
economic interests abroad.
It is to be regretted that the organisational changes in foreign economic
service, introduced in 1999, failed to produce a transparent and effective
system of external representation of Poland's economic interests. The
arrangement whereby economic and trade missions are not fully subordinate to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some missions are responsible only to the
Ministry of the Economy is not conducive to effective economisation of Polish
foreign policy and, consequently, effective representation of Polish economic
interests abroad. As a result, Poland's foreign economic relations are largely
uncoupled from political relations. This stands in contrast with the practice
followed by developed countries, including the United States and Germany, which
have provided the model for systemic changes in Poland. It is Poland's raison
d'état that the wealth of our political contacts be translated into tangible
economic achievements."
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pułapka
