Born in Warsaw in 1966, Jacek Pawlicki graduated in Polish literature from Warsaw University in 1990, and worked for a Polish Press Agency before joining Gazeta Wyborcza in 1998. After a period at the newspaper's foreign desk, he was appointed Brussels correspondent, a post which he held until 2003. Since returning to Poland, he has continued to write on European issues and attend EU summits. He also covers foreign policy and the Scandinavian countries.