Building a Partnership with Ukraine

“Once the war is over, Ukraine’s economy will evolve, becoming increasingly significant” – claims CEO of Bank Pekao S.A. Leszek Skiba, former governmental plenipotentiary for supporting reform in Ukraine. He goes on to emphasise the scale of change over the past year.

How has the war in Ukraine changed Poland, Europe, the world?

War has changed everything, giving rise to a new reality we could not have even conceived several years ago. Open war in Europe, the first on such major scale since World War II, was an unimaginable notion, which is why the extent of uncertainty and tension is incomparable with what we had experienced over previous years, not least in economic terms. War has truly affected global markets with regard to energy, food supplies and other matters. Democratic state policy priorities have shifted as a result, security moving to the forefront in military and economic terms alike. Our take on armaments has been altered as well, alongside views of economic collaboration and risk assessment. All of this has contributed to a change to political priorities in individual countries.