Jacek Pawlicki
Born in Warsaw in 1966, Jacek Pawlicki graduated in Polish literature from Warsaw University in 1990, and worked for a Polish Press Agency before joining Gazeta Wyborcza in 1998. After a period at the newspaper's foreign desk, he was appointed Brussels correspondent, a post which he held until 2003. Since returning to Poland, he has continued to write on European issues and attend EU summits. He also covers foreign policy and the Scandinavian countries.
Updated: 16 July 2009
Three parallel Europes inhabit the EU, each with its own goals. And the single budget, which used to unite them, is increasingly a source of division and, in the long run, will be unsustainable. 
Crisis is a good moment for an examination of conscience. If war broke out in Europe today, would anyone be willing to die for the ideas of Schuman or Monnet’s community method? 
2011 was such a bad year for Europe that 2012 can only be an improvement. However, Gazeta Wyborcza columnist Jacek Pawlicki points out that the European Union is now threatened by social tensions prompted by measures that enabled it to survive an unprecedented crisis. 
Amid a virtual consensus that the current crisis has cast doubts over the future of the European Union, Polish columnist Jacek Pawlicki argues that the EU’s ability to adapt along with the contribution made by its more recent members will ensure its continued survival. 
The Dutch government wants to tighten up the rules on migrant workers from EU countries. The first victims: the many Poles already living in Holland. That could cost the local economy dear, warns Gazeta Wyborcza. 
Freetown Christiania is no longer free. After forty years, the last hippie enclave in Europe is bowing to the laws of the free market, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. 
On 21 December, Prime minister Viktor Orbán pushed a bill through parliament restricting press freedoms. As Hungary prepares to take the EU’s presidency, why is no-one in Europe talking about this? wonders Gazeta Wyborcza columnist Jacek Pawlicki. 
An efficient diplomatic service is not enough: EU's member states are still lacking a coherent common foreign policy, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. 
With countries following their own national agendas, France and Germany vying for the top spot and major decisions being taken in informal meetings, divisions within the EU are deepening, argues Polish philosopher and European expert Marek Cichocki. 
The EU's High Representative for foreign affairs has just announced that he will leave his post this autumn. Forever dependent on member states' goodwill, his record is a mixed one, reports Gazeta Wyborcza.