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The Beijing Games are a scandal
On the day the Olympic Games begin in Beijing the daily Dziennik publishes an open letter written by 19 Polish intellectuals harshly condemning the International Olympic Committee (IOC). "Awarding the Olympic Games to China was a disgrace for which the functionaries of the Olympic Committee are responsible. Their claim that they do not want to interfere in politics is cynical and hypocritical. Respecting human rights is a universal norm of civilisation that only communists and fascists fail to observe. We do not condemn the athletes who participate in the Olympics - they did not choose the location. ... But we are expressing our displeasure with all those politicians who, by their very presence in Beijing - regardless of their verbal statements - are supporting a dictatorial state. Above all we want to show our solidarity with all those who are being deprived of their freedom and fundamental rights in China. We are convinced that any dictatorship - even that of a powerful state - must be condemned."
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A year of Kaczynski government in Poland
Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS), has been Polish Prime Minister for a year now. Grzegorz Miecugow of the news channel TVN24 takes stock: "The first year of Jarosław Kaczyński's government can be summed up easily: it was a year full of disputes. There's been one crisis after another and no radical economic reforms. No attempt whatsoever has been made to reform public finances. Pension reform is doing more harm than good. Projects whose results would be visible in a few years rather than today or tomorrow have been shelved... Contrary to the Prime Minister's assertions, Polish foreign policy is a disaster. In Great Britain we now have a reputation for being a country that rejects cooperation but is always reaching out for funding and reminding people of its own suffering."
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