Poland does not reject the Peace Council, but does not intend to accept the invitation in accelerated mode. Karol Nawrocki, after gathering Donald Trump in Davos, recalled that as president he is the guardian of the constitution and represents the state, but all global agreement must pass through the Polish parliament and be approved by the Council of Ministers.
One voice more crucial than the rest
The Peace Council is not another classical global organisation in which states negociate statutes and the Secretary-General is elected by compromise. It is to be a body designed to be 1 individual – the current president of the United States, who as a life president would gain the right to veto, elect members and manage the board's work. The constitution is so a convenient tool to say at this point: we are curious in this initiative, but we will not sign anything without a full procedure in the country.
Minister Marcin Przypocz explained that on Thursday the Polish signature under the papers would not appear. Poland will participate in the gathering on the appointment of the Council of Peace, will perceive and talk, but the decision on formal accession will postpone for later. This is to be the time for legal and political analyses, which, as the president's environment emphasizes, are essential for any global agreement binding the state.
Invitation as distinction, signature as risk
Official statements show that the President's Office is trying to item the rank of the invitation and to carefully distance from the plan architecture itself. The useful 1 speaks of a "difference" for Poland, which is to be among respective twelve countries invited by the White House. Nawrocki explicitly calls the Peace Council 1 of the most crucial political themes in Davos, alongside the dispute over Greenland.
At the same time, the president signals that in countries where power is concentrated in the hands of 1 man, the decision to join the Council of Peace can simply be a individual declaration by the leader. As he recalls, in Poland it cannot be done this way, due to the fact that the constitution separates competences between the President, the Government and Parliament. It is simply a politely formulated difference, but besides a proposition that Trump's task is coming out of a different political culture than the 1 that Warsaw has declared to be its own.
The draft papers on the Peace Council supply that the members would be elected by Trump for 3 years and that the states willing to pay over $1 billion could buy a permanent seat at the table. So we are dealing with a structure in which power and prestige are concentrated in the hands of the author of the project, not in institutions based on sustainable mechanisms.
From Gaza to global competition with the UN
Initially, the Peace Council was to be presented as a supervisory structure for the provisional authorities in the Gaza Strip. But it shortly turned out that ambition was much bigger. papers circulating in public space describe a fresh global organization with the task of "solving conflicts around the world", led by Trump with very broad individual rights.
No wonder, then, that the task is very emotional in diplomatic environments. any diplomats fear that the Council of Peace will become a centre of legitimacy for decisions on matters of war and peace. Others are afraid by the list of invited leaders, on which Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko were next to the Western leaders.
From the point of view of Poland, any decision to join specified an organization would mean entering the format in which the aggressor towards Ukraine and the Belarusian ally of the Kremlin sit at the same table, with the blessing of the American host. Even if formally under the umbrella of the "room", the political cost of specified a image could prove high.
Poland at Trump, but not at his club
Karol Nawrocki tries at the same time to send a clear signal to Washington that refusing to sign does not mean cold in relations with the US. After talking in Davos, he reported that Trump confirmed safety guarantees for Poland and no plans to retreat American soldiers. The president emphasized that the alliance is "permanent and solid", and that the individual relation with Trump is to make Warsaw's relation with Washington better than many another European capitals.
Nawrocki besides clearly stresses the economical dimension of this cooperation: talks on the economical situation, G20 format and future plans. So the image of Poland as a loyal partner of the USA, which uses a protective umbrella, is not affected by tensions around Greenland or fresh customs.
This is all intended to make a background in which refusal to sign rapidly under the Council of Peace does not look like an affront to Trump, but as a serious treatment of your own legal order. The president assures of his "unwavering" support for the American leader, but at the same time dismisses the minute at which he would gotta explain to the public why Poland formally involves a task so heavy embedded in Trump's individual politics.
He plays for time alternatively of a simple yes.
According to White home speakers, more than 30 leaders have already accepted the invitation to the Peace Council. The signing of the founding papers is to take place in Davos, or at least in the first phase the list of members will be the consequence of a political puzzle built around Trump. Poland is in a narrow group of countries that do not refuse the invitation, but besides do not want to be drawn into the fast rhythm imposed by Washington.
Anyway, it's a classical time game from Nawrocki. Attendance at the table, interest in further work, emphasising the project's importance for safety and conflict resolution, and at the same time firm adherence to the constitutional procedure as a condition for any binding decision. If the Peace Council task is strengthened, Poland will be able to return to the discussion from the position of the state which was in the mediate of the trial from the beginning. If the initiative turns out to be a political burden, the deficiency of signature will give Warsaw a convenient emergency exit.
