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Godlewski, Andrzej
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Election of Buzek to head of the EU Parliament gives Poland's image a boost
Five weeks after the EU elections the new European Parliament will convene for the first time today. The daily Polska looks forward to the expected election of former Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek to president of the EU Parliament: "Poland is rising to claim a position in Europe's champions league. The election of Jerzy Buzek to president of the European Parliament means that the Poles will belong to the elite group of those who have the final say on what happens in the Community. … During our first five years in the EU we were treated like one of the new member states. This was very apparent at the EU summit of the 27 states and also in the European Parliament. When two and a half years ago the Poles claimed the post of chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee for Jacek Saryusz-Wolski [a liberal Polish politician], everyone in Brussels was surprised. … The 14 July 2009 is now a date that marks an even greater turning point in Poland's EU history."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Elections, » Poland, » Europe
Founding of the Federal Republic of Germany was a great stroke of luck
The daily Polska calls the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany 60 years ago an "incredible stroke of good fortune in the history of Germany": "For the first time [the Germans] can celebrate all they sing about in their anthem: unity, justice and freedom. And destiny has given them even more, namely prosperity. It's a shame that the front-page story in the weekly magazine Der Spiegel [about Adolf Hitler's helpers in other countries] has dampened the festive mood. When on 23 May 1949 the Parliamentary Council in Bonn announced the adoption of the Basic Law, Germany was a divided and non-sovereign country. For this reason it was decided not to refer to the Basic Law as the new German constitution. … The West Germans have been able to extend their freedom quickly and without violence. The key to this was integration into the West."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Poland
Poland's Institute of National Remembrance must not be closed down
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has announced he does not intend to close down the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), where the documments of the communist secret police (SB) are kept. Tusk had threatened to close the centre down after it accused national hero Lech Wałęsa of cooperating with the SB. The daily Polska welcomes the decision. "This lack of consistency speaks well for the prime minister's caution. Donald Tusk is keeping all of his options open. ... What would happen if Tusk actually did close the centre down, as his closest allies say he should? ... It would be interesting to see how many people still supported the governing party. Luckily Donald Tusk has decided against this move advocated by irrational politicians and false friends. He is harshly criticial of the IPN, it is true, but in this year commemorating the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II and the 20th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution [the end of communist rule in Poland] he is willing to give it another chance. That is a wise decision."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » History, » Poland
The future of Poland's shipyards
The deadline set by the European Commission for Poland to present a concept for restructuring its three shipyards expired on Thursday. The newspaper Polska criticises the Polish governments since 2004 for wasting so much time. "The [last three] governments under Marek Belka, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczynski respectively failed to come up with a restructuring programme for the shipbuilding industry that could meet Brussels' expectations. ... And only just as the offices of the European Commission were closing did the respective documents submitted by [Donald] Tusk's government arrive. ... Is it normal that the date on a postmark decides whether ships will be built in Gdynia, Gdansk and Szczecin? Unfortunately, yes. Practically everything is done in the last minute. In the game about Poland's shipbuilding industry what matters are not the billions in contracts or the thousands of jobs, but who is in power. What matters is whether the PiS [the nationalist conservative party] replaces the SLD people [the social democratic party] and then the PO [prime minister Donald Tusk's party] replaces the PiS. All this chaos only works to the benefit of the competition and private investors."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Social Policy / Employment, » Economic Policy, » Poland, » Europe
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