Ireland as a model for Poland

According to a survey published by the newspaper, twelve percent of Poles - in other words over three million people - will leave Poland to seek work abroad over the next year. Most of them want to go to Great Britain, Germany or Ireland. Piotr Gabryel comments: "This is not, in itself, a bad thing. On the contrary, it could even be good - however for that there would have to be movement in both directions. This would require that many Poles who have already left the country return and that foreigners move to Poland in droves. But unfortunately this is not the case. Polish politicians are losing the battle for the Poles. ... because they lack the vision, knowledge and courage to push through the reforms that would turn our country into a paradise for enterprising individuals... We need the kind of courage that the Irish had in the 1980s. ... They liberalised their economy to such an extent that many of those who had emigrated returned. Today, with their support, Ireland is winning the battle for workers and is on its way to becoming one of the wealthiest countries in the EU."

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