Poland's Stakes in the Eastern Partnership Summit

Poland will host an Eastern Partnership (EP) summit Sept. 29-30. As one of the initiative's founders, Poland hopes to be able to use the summit to demonstrate the EP's effectiveness. The summit is particularly significant because it comes shortly before Poland's general elections and could give Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk a boost in the polls if significant progress is made. It would also give Poland an opportunity to fulfill one of the goals it has set for its EU presidency, though Warsaw faces many constraints in achieving concrete results.