The Polish foreign ministry says it will defend the principle of unanimity in the EU on foreign, security and defense policy matters and does not foresee itself waiving that right in favor of qualified majority voting.
As it stands, the EU cannot build an EU army and Brussels-based foreign policy when member states such as Poland have veto power. Brussels wants to centralize control of these important areas and grab this right away from member states.
Poland is completely against what it describes as a power grab.
A statement issued by Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Łukasz Jasina addresses the proposals to decide on European foreign, defense and security policies according to the principle of qualified majority voting used for other matters in the European Union.
It confirms that Poland will defend the principle of unanimity as currently defined in EU treaties and will oppose broadening the scope for qualified majority voting inside the EU.