Abstract
It is often hard to define a common foreign policy of the EU, as in most cases national interest and bilateral relations are the rule. Nevertheless, some agreements and partnerships have created and enhanced ties between the EU and other countries of Eastern Europe. The enlargement of the EU in 2004 gave a more important role to those relations, as the EU would now have borders with Belarus and Ukraine. As the biggest State within the new member States, Poland became the main partner for talks and the spokesman in dealings with the new member States. Poland and its representatives accepted this role and wanted to play a major role in EU foreign policies. One of the main ideas related to this point, was that Poland "should be influencing the shape of the EU policy toward the non-European regions" and to develop it's "strategy toward the non-European developing states".
