Poland officially launched a run for the seat of the European Customs Office (EUCA) in Warsaw. Finance and economical Minister Andrzej Domanski presented the capital candidacy in Brussels on Monday, while calling on Europe to urgently accelerate the recovery of economical competitiveness after a critical American safety strategy published on Friday.
«We are starting a conflict about the seat of the European Customs Agency in Warsaw. We have no uncertainty that Warsaw is the best place for this agency to be located», said Domanski to journalists before the presentation at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the European Union in Brussels. Warsaw will compete with 8 another EU countries, including France, the Netherlands, Portugal and Croatia. The decision to find the agency, which will employment about 250 people, is expected at the end of February or March 2026.
Arguments behind Warsaw
The Polish authorities place 3 main assets on the capital. The first is the strategical location of Poland in the centre of the EU and the function of a leader in European security. «We talk a lot about security. We are clearly the leader of safety in Europe. Trade, freight flows are besides security”, the minister stressed.
The second argument is the diversity of Polish borders. «Besides, there is an argument about the multiplicity of borders that are in Poland. due to the fact that we have sea borders, land and air borders. Among the candidates there is no another country that has so many borders», indicated Adam Struzik, Marshal of Mazowieckie Voivodeship, who participated in the presentation.
The 3rd key asset is the presence of Frontex in Warsaw. «In our view, the fact that Frontex is in Warsaw is an crucial argument for the EU customs office to be in Warsaw. This will let us to make specified a hub of border safety in Warsaw and let for much better cooperation, closer cooperation between the 2 offices, which will be liable for the safety of the borders of the European Union”, explained Małgorzata Krok, the typical of the finance minister for the EUCA headquarters.
Europe must accelerate
Domański utilized the EU Competitiveness Ministers gathering to call for urgent economical action. “After the publication of the fresh US safety strategy, there is no uncertainty that Europe must accelerate the process of restoring its economy’s competitiveness”, he told journalists. The fresh U.S. safety strategy, published on Friday, criticises the European economy as a protectionist and borderline “civilizational exchange”.
The Minister warned against the consequences of besides restrictive regulations. «Decarbonisation cannot mean deindustrialisation. Europe must be an economical power back, not a regulatory power," he added. Poland presents solutions to strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy. "We have discussed solutions that will make business, manufacture strong in Europe. Poland presents further solutions to make the competitiveness of the European economy grow”, he said.
Domański called for decisive action towards deregulation. «We believe that the process of simplifying European law is essential, but we must decision on. We request to decision towards deregulation, we request to velocity up decisively”, stressed the Minister. Prime Minister Donald Tusk had previously, in November, sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the European Commission Ilze Juhansone, advocating Warsaw as the seat of EUCA.
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