Polish FM accuses West of colonial attitudes

Poland's foreign minister has accused the West of harbouring "colonial" attitudes towards Central Europe. In an interview for the Slovak paper SME, Zbigniew Rau also accused the West of having a distorted image of Central Europe and claimed that the EU was trying to grab more power. His claims were published on the day EU leaders met in Brussels for a two-day summit. Rau praised the work of the Visegrad Group (V4), made up of Poland, Hungary and the Czech and Slovak republics.