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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Warsaw

Europe must take responsibility for its own security, says Polish minister

Polish soldiers on a training drill in 2023. Poland has warned that the next few months will be ‘difficult’
Polish soldiers on a training drill in 2023. Poland has warned that the next few months will be ‘difficult’ Photograph: Marian Zubrzycki/EPA

Europe must “take responsibility” for its own security, Poland has told its fellow EU member states, as Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc at a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty.

Poland has started its six-month presidency as Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House having promised to bring a negotiated end to Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine and threatened to seize Greenland using military force.

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