Besides the head of the Polish government, Donald Tuski participated in the event, among others, Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia, talker of the legislature of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, erstwhile president Bronisław Komorowski, erstwhile president of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, president of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski, as well as many ministers and parliamentarians.
The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was not invited to the event, and the Hungarian Ambassador to Poland was informed that "he is not welcome in the Theatre".
Poland is ready
The performance at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera started playing Mazurek Dąbrowski and then the Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the Head of the European Council, Portuguese António Costa, took the floor. In his speech Donald Tusk appealed to the discipline that flows from history. He talked about the time erstwhile Poland was a kingdom. He recalled that Europe had so many "negative and affirmative experiences throughout its past to be smart after the harm today".
