Poland after the elections

Sylvia Bjon ponders the course Poland will take after the elections: "Following the election victory of the Civic Platform (PO), Poland appears to have turned a new leaf and become resplendent and EU-friendly overnight. And indeed, it's likely that certain things will be easier from now on, but there's no reason to oversimplify. Poland is still deeply divided. The voter turnout was the highest since the fall of communism. This time the urban middle classes and the Poles living abroad who want a closer relationship to the EU played a key role. ... This generation was tired of having to be ashamed of its politicians and has now hit back. Nonetheless, the fact remains that 45 percent of the population didn't vote."

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