On May 9, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk with the French city of Nancy to sign a Franco-Polish friendship treaty. The agreement provides for broad economic and technological cooperation, such as civil nuclear energy and coordination in various political areas, from migration to infrastructure and defense.
Franco-Polish’s approach is interesting in itself, as Macron has worked for several years to repair France’s ties with Eastern Europe. But, more importantly, the cooperation of the two countries is part of a more fundamental development within Europe: the return of the great European powers.
Approximately in recent years, with the War of Russia against Ukraine and the collapse of the transatlantic relationship under US President Donald Trump, the largest European countries have multiplied their joint actions. France, Germany, the United Kingdom and, increasingly, Poland, they are intensifying, a development that could be simultaneous and bless for smaller European nations.