Polish Twins
Monday - Nov 19, 2007 - 9:46 AMPoland has had an unprecedented situation for the last couple of years. The two main political offices of the country: President and Prime Minister have been occupied by twin brothers: Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski respectively. This has been unheard of in our modern times. As amusing as the situation may seem to the outsiders, it has produces a rather negative impact on polish domestic and international politics. A good argument supporting that was October parliamentary elections. The Law and Justice, the Kaczynski party, lost and had to give up the Prime Minister post. Although Lech Kaczynski still remains the president until December 2010, he has been criticized by many for his lack of international relations skills. He definitely does not have the open personality of previous president of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski (1995-2005). Mr. Kwasniewski was publicly viewed as a great ambassador of Polish interest abroad. During his presidency Poland joined both NATO and the European Union. As far as domestic affairs are concerned it still remains to be seen how the new political situation in Poland will develop. Donald Tusk, the new Prime Minister, has been a devoted critic of the Kaczynski doctrine and now they are on the same side of the border when it comes to governing the country. Fortunately for Poland and Poles the economy is doing great. Pretty much all of the economic indicator are better than those in other Western European countries. Poland remains to be a safe and stable economic environment.
