How Poland is perceived abroad

Kerry Longhurst and Marcin Zaborowski, researchers specialising in Europe, denounce the systematic criticism of the politics of the Kaczynski brothers, the Polish President and Prime Minister. "Poland is, without question, socially a very conservative country - its population is 90 % Catholic, more than 60 % of Poles go to mass every Sunday and a quarter of them live and work in the countryside. No matter which political party is in power, the Polish government will always remain conservative in a European context. ... This government believes in a strong State, in a moral revival and a firm foreign policy. But let's admit that it is clumsy on the foreign front and doesn't care how it is viewed abroad. Let us beware of basing our criticism solely on the sensationalist aspects of Polish politics. In many respects, the Kaczynski brothers are only trying to emulate the France of De Gaulle."

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