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Originally Posted by Kolargol
It was the same with Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary when they lost russian market. It took time to recover and switch economy to more competitive but it was worth it and they export lots of products to other EU countries. It is just the way to improve not a goal by itself.
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oya? says who? directly from wikipedia "In recent years, Poland's population has decreased due to an increase in emigration and a sharp decline in the birth rate. Since Poland's accession to the European Union, a significant number of Poles have emigrated, primarily to the United Kingdom, Germany and Republic of Ireland in search of better work opportunities abroad. In April 2007, the Polish population of the United Kingdom had risen to approximately 300,000, and estimates place the Polish population in Ireland at 65,000. Some sources claim that the number of Polish citizens who emigrated to the UK after 2004 is as high as 2 million."