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Extraordinary meeting of the European Council

02.10.2020

The situation in Belarus, the European Union's relations with Turkey, and the attempted murder of the opposition leader in Russia, Alexei Navalny, were the main topics of the extraordinary European Council. The leaders also discussed plans related to the development of the EU internal market, industrial policy and digital transformation. Poland was represented by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

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The head of the Polish government presented the details of the economic plan for a democratic Belarus. The plan known as the stabilization package includes financial incentives, economic support and investment in infrastructure. In the conclusions, the leaders obliged the European Commission to continue working on the implementation of the plan.

"I can say with great satisfaction that the European Council, after a very long debate, adopted our proposed economic plan for a democratic Belarus," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki

The Council reached an agreement on EU sanctions against Belarus. The European Union formally adopted sanctions against representatives of the Belarusian government for election rigging and repression of protesters. The leaders also condemned Turkey's actions, noting that the EU's goal was to return to talks on the rules for the exploitation of offshore hydrocarbon deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related issue of dividing the exclusive economic zones of the countries in the region.

EU leaders also addressed the issue of restoring a fully functioning single market, increasing the global competitiveness of EU industrial sectors, and accelerating the digital transformation. "Everyone agrees on the theory that the areas of communitarisation should be expanded, the areas of freedom, especially the freedom to provide services, should be expanded, while very often from the rich countries of the West, and in particular from Brussels, there are ideas to limit the competition in the service sector" - said Prime Minister Morawiecki during a press briefing.

The summit was originally scheduled for September 24-25, but was postponed due to the quarantine of the European Council President Charles Michel.

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