Today, 15 years after having regained true sovereignity, Poland - together with 9 other, mostly East-European countries, joins the European Union.
Today's EU enlargement is by far the largest and the most important one in EU's history.
It is true that the EU is not as perfect as it wants to be perceived, especially now, when we were witness that Europe didn't succeed in the attempt to create its own constitution, nor to develop a common foreign policy.
Yet fact is that - form the realistic point of view - there is no better solution for Poland than joining the EU.
Staying totally independent is good only for rich countries, or countries where there is clear vision to on how to progress.
Unfortunately in Poland, the politicians, more than anywhere else - care only about themselves and not the country's problems.
Strenghtening ties with the US has been done is recent years, but this also should not be seen as an alternative to the EU membership.
Poland is one of the most loyal US suporters worldwide and the society is also highly pro-American, but yet there is no special treatment towards us from the US.
So, joining the EU is a good decision and I am happy about that.
Sure, not everything will be great, but there is simply no better way for Poland.
On a private note - born in a polish aristocratic family and being trained as an expert in the field of International Relations, I was going to apply for a job in one of the EU institutions.
Yet, in the meantime I discovered the money making opportunities in online porn and I don't think I am going anywhere soon. This job gives me far more freedom, probably more money and a definitely better environment of more open-minded people than working for the EU would..
Today's EU enlargement is by far the largest and the most important one in EU's history.
It is true that the EU is not as perfect as it wants to be perceived, especially now, when we were witness that Europe didn't succeed in the attempt to create its own constitution, nor to develop a common foreign policy.
Yet fact is that - form the realistic point of view - there is no better solution for Poland than joining the EU.
Staying totally independent is good only for rich countries, or countries where there is clear vision to on how to progress.
Unfortunately in Poland, the politicians, more than anywhere else - care only about themselves and not the country's problems.
Strenghtening ties with the US has been done is recent years, but this also should not be seen as an alternative to the EU membership.
Poland is one of the most loyal US suporters worldwide and the society is also highly pro-American, but yet there is no special treatment towards us from the US.
So, joining the EU is a good decision and I am happy about that.
Sure, not everything will be great, but there is simply no better way for Poland.
On a private note - born in a polish aristocratic family and being trained as an expert in the field of International Relations, I was going to apply for a job in one of the EU institutions.
Yet, in the meantime I discovered the money making opportunities in online porn and I don't think I am going anywhere soon. This job gives me far more freedom, probably more money and a definitely better environment of more open-minded people than working for the EU would..
- are you german? my german friend (i guess german people like to joke about the polish) taught me 'heute gestolen, morgen in polen'
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