Indicating Poland will focus on the continent’s safety during its tenure, Adam Szłapka told a press conference on Tuesday: “We want this slogan, taking responsibility for our common security, to be what Europe talks about and focuses on.

"We want to focus on security in seven dimensions, which will be the priorities of our presidency.”

The first dimension mentioned by Szłapka was external security, focusing on strengthening Poland’s defense industry and tightening its relations with the United States.

The second dimension is internal security, which Szłapka said involves preventing migration and combating acts of sabotage.

The minister also touched on economic, energy, food, health and information security.

The presidency of the Council of the EU is responsible for driving forward the Council's work on EU legislation, ensuring the continuity of the EU agenda, orderly legislative processes and cooperation among member states.

Hungary, a country which has deep ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin, currently holds the presidency of the Council – which has come nothing short of controversial.

Just after his country assumed the Council position, President Victor Orbán took off on a self-styled “peace mission,” paying visits to Moscow, Beijing, Washington D.C., and Kyiv to allegedly broker a peace deal over the war in Ukraine and neglected to consult his European partners on the decision.

This drew much criticism from Brussels and drove many MEPs across a variety of parties to call for Hungary’s voting rights to be stripped at the EU level.

Poland will assume the presidency of the Council of the EU on January 1, 2025, at a time when Europe will be grappling with the newly elected President Donald Trump, the future of France’s and Germany’s governments and Russia’s continuing war in Ukraine.