This distrust of the Commission extends to the details of our own organization: the Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski protests that the team, which is still in the process of being set up, does not yet include any Poles. Even when I cite the name of one of the first officials to join our team, who is Polish, a close adviser to my deputy Sabine Weyland, the minister replies, ‘She’s an international civil servant, she’s not Polish. What we need is a less cosmopolitan approach to negotiation.’
