Sukcesy i porażki polityki europejskiej Polski z perspektywy działań polskiej administracji publicznej

Abstract

This chapter analyzes the results of research on the successes and failures of Polish European policy in the area of Polish public administration, understood as institutions and human resources set up to implement the tasks of the state. European policy is examined here as the majority of areas in which decisions are important for Polish membership in the European Union, and the most important aspect of its implementation is its coordination within the EU institutional system. The main approaches to integration in this analysis are the community approach and intergovernmentalism, and the integration method forming the basis for research is the institutionalism of rational choice. The basis of this research is a qualitative analysis of interview results (with a standardized list of issues for comparative value and taking into account the practice of Polish public administration in the area of conducting European policy). Research results indicate the advantage of Polish policy successes in relation to its failures in the context of activities of the public administration These successes are undoubtedly: very effective negotiations on the EU’s multiannual financial framework first for 2007–2013 and then by 2014–2020, effective Polish presidency in the EU Council, many elements of Polish Eastern policy, overcoming the financial and economic crisis with participation in EU anti-crisis activities, as well as building coalitions around several issues important for Poland, which were ultimately implemented in line with the Polish interest. Among the failures, there are: decisions taken by the EU institutions in the field of environmental protection that Poland has not managed to proceed in accordance with the position presented in the European institutions, the lack of a permanent institutional and technical base for the European policy coordination system, as well as the lack of effective social consultation systems and regulatory impact assessments in this area.