Minister for abroad Affairs Radosław Sikorski reported Tuesday that he handed over Agnieszka Bartol Ambassador nomination.
"Experate, patriot, diplomat. Congratulations, ambassador. Agnes BartolOh, my God! I am glad that it was on your hands that I was able to pass on the first ambassadorial nomination" – wrote the head of the MFA on the X portal.
He added that Bartol “is the first female to hold Office of the Permanent typical of the Republic of Poland to the European Union‘.
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"Minister Radosław Sikorski present presented Ambassador's nomination to Agnieszka Bartol, who will take the position of Permanent typical of Poland to the EU. Mrs. Agnieszka Bartol, who owns extensive experience in working in EU structures, she is the first female in this position", the Ministry of abroad Affairs said.
New ambassador to the EU. Who's Agnieszka Bartol?
Bartol She was a typical of Poland to the European Union since October 2024. It has previously been associated with various EU institutions for many years, including the Council of the EU. Her candidacy was welcomed by the Parliamentary Committee on abroad Affairs in February.
Bartol was born on July 10, 1972 in Warsaw. It is. A postgraduate of the University of Nancy and the European College of NatolinAnd then she worked in it. She was besides employed at the Office of the Committee on European Integration.
In 2002, as only associate of the accession countries It was part of the Secretariat of the European Convention, chaired by erstwhile French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who developed a constitution for Europe (it did not yet enter into force). She then joined the EU Council Secretariat Group, which was active in the work on the Treaty of Lisbon.
In the Secretariat EU Councils She has worked since 2003, specializing in cohesion policy and financial services. Since 2009 she has been liable for organization affairs and the EU budget, then she dealt with European Council, including the plan of conclusions of EU Heads of State or Government.
In 2016, she became manager of the Cabinet of the Secretary-General of the Council of the EU, and in 2022 she became Director-General for Communications in the Council of the EU. From February to October last year she performed as State Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office. He speaks fluent French and English, as well as speaks Italian and Russian.
A dispute over ambassadors between the MFA and the President
Radosław Sikorski at the beginning of April – in the context of a dispute over ambassadors between the Ministry of abroad Affairs and president Duda – reported that they had received a year later from the President's office first requests for a countersignate of Ambassador nominations. Later, the President's office informed that the abroad Service Convention was to consider further candidacy that had been obtained President's first consent.
Head of the NRP Małgorzata Paprocka asked how many applications the head of the MFA for ambassadorial nominations will be rejected by the President, declared that the ‘several, possibly respective names’. She besides confirmed that among them is charge d’affaires in the US, head of the MON in the PO-PSL government Bogdan Klich and Richard Schnepf, charge d’affaires in Italy, and previously the Polish Ambassador, among others, to the United States.
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A dispute between the MFA and president Duda the appointment of ambassadors has continued since March 2024. Sikorski then decided that more than 50 ambassadors would complete the mission, and respective candidatures submitted for acceptance by the erstwhile management of the ministry would be withdrawn. The president then pointed out that it was up to him to appoint and dismiss ambassadors and, in accordance with the practice adopted for 30 years, the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs should turn to him for first approval to appoint the ambassador.
In place of ambassadors who left the facilities, but were not formally cancelled by the President, they hit diplomats indicated by the MFA, who due to the conflict on the MFA – NRP line are not ambassadors but charge d’affaires – specified a situation is, for example, in the USA, where Bogdan Klich replaced Marek Magierowski.
