View from Poland: Loss of an ally [The EU Referendum, 23 June 2016. The United Kingdom and the European Union. The results. Reaction in Poland]

With the UK gone, Poland, under the Law and Justice (PiS) government, will lose its favourite ally within the EU. After all, the UK is a country that shares PiS‘ opposition towards further integration, wants to defend its national sovereignty and rejects the EU common currency.

Brexit serves as a confirmation of the Polish government’s assessment of the EU as a project in need for a substantial 'adaptation'. Speaking after the referendum on the 23 June 2016, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of PiS, stressed the necessity of a 'reform of the EU which would be also an offer for the UK'.

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