Grzegorz Schetyna told journalists on 10 September: “This is a bad moment to change Poland’s foreign minister.” Less than two weeks later, he took over the position from Radek Sikorski, who had held the job since 2007.
The crisis in Ukraine was just one reason why Schetyna’s return to government – part of a cabinet reshuffle following on 30 August Donald Tusk’s appointment as the next president of European Council – was a surprise. Schetyna had found himself increasingly marginalised by Tusk and he was not an obvious choice as foreign minister.
He was chairman of the Polish parliament’s foreign-affairs committee in …read more
Source: European Voice
