Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski was received as a guest speaker at the 9th Churchill’s Europe Symposium, which was held in Zurich in September 2004. Together with Federal Councilor Christoph Blocher, who was also invited to speak, Kwasniewski discussed Churchill’s vision and its contemporary relevance for the European Union. Whereas Kwasniewski pinpointed enlargement as the greatest challenge facing the EU, Blocher was careful to avoid taking a direct stand on the issue of Europe, which continues to generate controversy in Switzerland.
