Has Germany sidelined Poland in Ukraine crisis negotiations?
Polish-German co-operation on Ostpolitik has been shaken by Germany's role in negotiations with Russia on Ukraine
Experts & Staff
Piotr Buras
Head, ECFR Warsaw
Areas of expertise
Germany's EU and foreign policy; Poland in the EU; EU politics
Languages
Polish, German, English
Biography
Piotr Buras is the head of the Warsaw office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. His topics of focus include Germany’s EU and foreign policy, Poland in the EU, and EU politics.
Buras is a journalist, author and expert on German and European politics. Between 2008 and 2012 he worked as a columnist and Berlin correspondent for Gazeta Wyborcza, the biggest Polish daily newspaper. He started his professional career in the late 1990s at the Center for International Relations in Warsaw, one of the first Polish think-tanks. He continued his career at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham and at the University of Wroclaw (Poland). He was also a visiting fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin. His recent book Moslems and the Other Germans. The Reinvention of the Berlin Republic was published in Polish in 2011.
10 conseguenze globali della crisi ucraina
Quali saranno le conseguenze globali di lungo periodo della crisi ucraina? Questa è la domanda a cui gli esperti dei Programmi ECFR hanno cercato di dare una risposta, redigendo una lista delle 10 conseguenze più significative
Ten global consequences of the Ukraine crisis
Russian actions and Western responses to them could accelerate the unwinding of the current international order
Die ukrainische Krise, die polnische Außenpolitik und die polnisch-deutschen Beziehungen
Der Ukraine Konflikt als Herausforderung für die polnisch-deutschen Beziehungen?
Explaining the EP election result: Poland
EP election results in Poland proved to be both predictable and paradoxical
Consequences of Ukraine: Europe’s fragile cohesion
Below the superficial unity in response to the Ukraine crisis, member states are dividing into clusters, each with its own view on Russia
Rykoszet obietnic
Piotr Buras dla Instytutu Idei o tegorocznych wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego
Na kryzys tylko Merkel
Zwycięstwo wyborcze niemieckich chadecków nie jest zaskoczeniem
Angela Merkel and Germany’s political zeitgeist
Angela Merkel defines the political zeitgeist in Germany. But contrary to appearances, Germany is facing a period of difficult choices – independently of who takes office after the elections.
Era Merkel i co dalej?
W najnowszym temacie tygodnia "Kultury Liberalnej" Piotr Buras pisze o Angeli Merkej i jej wyjątkowym wyczuciu politycznym, które być może zapewni jej wygraną w najbliższych wyborach
Publications
Health sovereignty: How to build a resilient European response to pandemics
Europe must improve its early warning systems, supply chain resilience, medical R&D, and cyber security and technology, to act decisively in future emergencies
Divided at the centre: Germany, Poland, and the troubles of the Trump era
Introduction For most Europeans, it is now obvious that the foreign policy of US President Donald Trump threatens the global liberal order. Trump’s hostility towards…
Europe and its discontents: Poland’s collision course with the European Union
If Poland continues to drift away from the EU it will not only diminish its own influence, but also undermine the EU’s internal cohesion
After Tusk: Poland in Europe
Poland needs to reassert itself in Europe
The EU’s silent revolution
More intergovernmentalism, more differentiation
Articles
How the EU should turn the tables on Hungary and Poland
It was not only western European countries that insisted on the rule of law of mechanism – others like Slovakia and Romania did as well
Views from the Capitals: What Biden’s victory means for Europe
What will a Biden administration herald for Europe? The heads of ECFR’s seven offices report on the mood in the capitals
The provincial German-Polish relationship
One should not expect a parting of the ways between Poland and Germany in the near future so much as the further provincialisation of their relations in a changing European Union
Poland under Duda: A divided country, dividing Europe
The Law and Justice party has consolidated its power inside Poland by retaining the presidency – but battles with Brussels and a victory for Biden could cause it trouble
The German Constitutional Court’s ruling: A wake-up call for Europe
The EU’s institutions and member states must support the CJEU. But words – and more infringement procedures – will not be enough in themselves.
Poland’s presidential election: Political chaos and divides on Europe
Polish voters are strongly divided on European issues. An unfair election could intensify these disagreements, threatening to turn Poland into an increasingly problematic partner for other EU member states.
Poland’s presidential election: Three battles for the future of Europe
By holding an election that violates fundamental democratic norms, Poland will slip further into the illiberal abyss
Kaczynski’s folly: Time for Europeans to speak out
European leaders and public authorities should call upon the government in Warsaw to postpone the presidential election on May 10
Resilience before reinvention: The EU’s role in the Covid-19 crisis
For those who genuinely want to rescue and strengthen the EU, it would be dangerous to conclude that they must reinvent it
Digging the trenches: The EU and the Green Deal
The Green Deal is set to create new divides in the EU. Conflicts are already brewing, and not just between eastern and western member states.
Video
The British problem – View from the Capitals
The heads of five of our national offices explain their national perspectives on a possible Brexit
Podcasts
Anxious allies: European sovereignty after the US election
How much impact does the future US president have on the very concept of European sovereignty? Will the idea and initiatives to build more strategic autonomy in Europe be put back to bed with Joe Biden in the White House?
The EU’s budget and recovery fund deal – a historic moment for Europe?
The over 90-hour European Council summit in Brussels ended with a deal on a €1.82 trillion financial package. What does…
“We are all in this together” – The coronavirus crisis as a collective emotional experience?
Emotions are an increasingly important part of contemporary politics. Strategies based on fear, nostalgia or hope are used by political leaders all over Europe to…
The first beneficiaries of 1989
Host Mark Leonard has an intimate discussion with our heads of offices from Sofia and Warsaw, Vessela Tcherneva and Piotr Buras about their experiences, hopes…
Von der Leyen’s EU Commission: Picks for a Union that strives for more
Mark Leonard is meeting his ECFR colleagues, Tara Varma, Piotr Buras and Teresa Coratello in Berlin to go through the newly selected EU Commission. What…
How are Europeans seeing Trump’s performance at the NATO summit?
Jeremy Shapiro covers for Mark Leonard and speaks with Ulrike Franke, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Piotr Buras, about what this means and what the Trump-Putin…
German government crisis
Mark Leonard speaks with Josef Janning, Silvia Francescon, Piotr Buras and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil about the major rift between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior…
European Reactions to Macron’s Victory
This week, rather than putting out our ordinary podcast, we're leaving the floor to Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, head of ECFR Paris, who's hosting a discussion…
Views from the Capitals on the French election
Nouveau podcast de notre série sur l'élection présidentielle de 2017 ayant pour objectif de traiter les thèmes d'actualité et de contribuer au débat…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Consequences of Aleppo and crisis in Poland
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Senior Policy Fellows Kadri Liik, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Anthony Dworkin about the Syrian situation and the prospects of…
In the media
Piotr Buras discusses the new rule of law mechanism in his article.
A reference to Piotr Buras' comments on the potential consequences of the EU rule of law regulation, with regard to disbursements of EU funds to Poland.
Piotr Buras comments on the rule-of-law regulation and consequences for Poland.
Piotr Buras about Hungary, Poland, and the EU.
Piotr Buras about the outcomes of the EU summit.