UPDATE 1-Poland, Germany must take responsibility for Europe's economic revival, finance ministers say

Germany and Poland must take joint responsibility for an economic revival in Europe, the finance ministers of ⁠both countries said in Warsaw on Monday. "We need to make Europe more competitive," Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said during a joint press ​conference with German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil.

"The transatlantic ‍relationship as we know it is undergoing marked change, and we agree: precisely in this phase we must strengthen Europe and move Europe forward," Klingbeil said, in his ⁠first ‌visit to Poland ⁠since he took office. Klingbeil said the EU must become "faster, smarter, and more capable of ‍dealing with complexity."

Ministers from six leading European economies including Germany and Poland vowed ​on Wednesday to be the drivers

of European progress, as they tackled ⁠how to advance projects stalled by the EU's complex decision-making process. "We have set ourselves ⁠the goal of deepening European cooperation, picking up speed, and also demanding this from the Commission," Klingbeil said about last week's video ⁠conference.

His Polish counterpart said Europe is in a race. "A race for ⁠competitiveness, for building ‌true economic strength, and to achieve this, we need to accelerate," Domanski said.