In the second half of 2011 Poland is due to take over as European Union president. In Poland there seems to be a triumphant attitude due to recent economic success and the privilege to lead the European Union.
I hope the Polish government and people will also take head of some of the financial cons of the Polish economy, but more importantly some of the political events that threaten to undermine the democratic underpinnings of the current government.
As it turns out, one of the largest newspapers, the Rzeczpospolita Polska is owned, in large part (49%), by the ruling party. When a recent editor of the newspaper was asked to leave, questions were raised whether the request was due to the editor's obvious leaning towards the opposition. Unfortunately, I don't think the answer has been answered well enough and changing the editor without more substantial reasoning would be a real affront to a fledging Polish nation.
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