30 years of the Weimar Triangle: between • Table.Briefings

David Gregosz

In August 1991, the then foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Poland launched the Weimar Triangle. It was supposed to signify the final overcoming of historical hostilities and advance Poland’s integration into the Western community. But after promising first years, there is little reason to celebrate the anniversary, writes David Gregosz, head of the KAS office in Warsaw. However, civil society cooperation is a source of hope.

For years, the Weimar Triangle has been struggling with insignificance. The enormous potential of the three states, which together account for about 45 percent of the EU’s gross domestic product and nearly 40 percent of its population, and which also form a geographic axis between Western and Eastern Europe, contrasts with a depressing reality.

30 years of the Weimar Triangle: between aspiration and reality

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