May 1st, 2004 - POLAND joins the European Union !
 

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..

:glugglug :glugglug :glugglug

god joining the eu is so yesterday ;)

Cyprus also! :)

Does this mean we will get our carradios back?

That is nice to hear.

Welcome Poland :thumbsup
No more communism, no more wars

welcome man :thumbsup

pop the champagne :glugglug

welcome people!

ha ha :1orglaugh - are you german? my german friend (i guess german people like to joke about the polish) taught me 'heute gestolen, morgen in polen'

ok, dont get pissed off, there are criminals and scumbags in every country...

Welcome to the EU Poland :thumbsup - and thanks for Frederic Chopin

Since the official welcoming party is in Ireland - EU Presidents at the moment - id like to say welcome to everyone - Latvia are being welcomed in my town tonight with a huge party .. already seen busloads of latvians around the place this morning .. should be fun and what a fuckin beautifull day it is here aswell :)

Kurwa mac!

whooho... welcome to europe!

poland rocks
http://www.xtelnet.com/pixeleye/dani...red/poland.jpg :Graucho
http://www.xtelnet.com/pixeleye/dani...own/poland.jpg

we need more hot chicks in europe!

welcome guys :thumbsup

damn that's some fine ass hoes.... so now maybe we'll see more
of these hot bitches in porn?

welcome to the EU :)

With as result, people in the poor countries (read poland) will supported by the people in the rich countries (read Holland)

We all know thats the only reason Poland finally joined in.

Congrats Poland!..

You and 9 more are welcome!!

:thumbsup

Samuel

not 100% true.
what is happening is your industry is buying up property here to erect factories as fast as they possibly can. Of course the workers from the new countries are not allowed to come to the old EU to get jobs, but it seems the politicians don't want them to move.

Personally I think it was the worse decision they could make, what do the new countries bring to the EU other than cheap labour, cheap property prices and less restrictions?

I suppose the burocrats in Brussels think the extra profits made with this new cheap labour, will pay for the unemployment benefits in the old Europe. However you can always go work for them, they are going to be spending 1 billion Euros on translating all the docu-ments, this does not cover the new docu-ments, offices and staff needed for the expansion.

So I suppose in ten years we will supporting you.

Ok you got some good points there old man. Anyway, in 10 years im drinking cocktails on the beach of some warm country in south america so i dont really care about what happens to Holland anyway.

Polish Girls are hot.

One of my all time favorite Supermodels is a pole.

http://www.multiwire.net/pri/laspaoal/poriz11t.jpg

http://www.multiwire.net/pri/laspaoal/poriz24.jpg

calling a still ongoing process not successful seems a tad premature. once the constitution is set up, it' might keep some politicians from hurrying obedience in foreign policy matters as well. :winkwink:

Bring your euros to Brazil :Graucho

that means that we will take the car that fts to the carradios from you
and that means that the EU will see pretty girls for the first time in their live ;)

Thanks for the warm welcome :glugglug :thumbsup

Haha :Graucho

What does this mean for the Polish sex industry? Are the hookers going to cost me more? I need to see the big picture here.

i am courious what will be the first country telling: We got out of the EU !!!

I am escaped from germany to another (also in the EU) Country, but at least we have here on the canary islands the own way of life........no one gives a shit what the rest wants.....its a part of spain, but you will find on the islands here not a real spain politic etc.

So Poland Welcome, but dont be tooo happy....soon your prices will explode and you will wish to get out there.........they will start to share informations about bank accounts and all that shit......

Hmmmmmm I am not exactly sure what this means... as I haven't followed what the EU is doing at all.

But congrats. :)

Welcome! I really want to go to Poland..much more interesting to me than a beach somewehere.