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POLAND IN THE EUROPEAN UNION On May 1st 2005 we are celebrating the first year of Poland's presence within the European Union. This provides an obvious opportunity to attempt a recapitulation of the first months of our membership in the European Union. Bearing in mind that preparations for the membership had started a long time before the accession date itself, one can assume with high probability that it will take a period of similar duration to enable more complete conclusions regarding social and economic consequences of the accession. Therefore the present analysis can neither be complete nor reveal the scale of changes, which can be better assessed only in a longer time perspective. However, in an attempt to meet the growing demand on the part of the public opinion for information concerning effects and assessments of the accession, on the first anniversary of Poland's accession to the EU we tried to strike a balance of experiences from the first months of the membership. It needs to be stressed that this paper is - by and large - a "photograph" of a specific period, registering major phenomena... more  |
