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- Title
THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEJM AND SENATE ELECTIONS IN 1989. SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION IN POLAND AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR EUROPE AND THE WORLD.
- Authors
Fiszer, Józef M.
- Abstract
This article is devoted to elections to the Sejm and Senate on 4 June 1989, about which historians and political scientists have argued to this day. Some think that they had historic, profound significance in the struggle for sovereign and democratic Poland, and others claim that they were the result of a conspiracy between communists and the opposition centered around Solidarity, headed by Lech Wałęsa. The indisputable fact is that they were the result of negotiations and agreements reached at the 'round table', which inaugurated the process of radical changes in Europe. It went down in history under the name of the 'autumn of nations of 1989'. The author tries to redefine the 'autumn of nations of 1989' and shows the essence of this process and its consequences for Poland, Europe and the world. He puts forward interesting hypotheses and theses, among others he states that thanks to this, the path of 'return to Europe' and membership of the Euro-Atlantic structures, that is of NATO and the European Union, as well as of other international organisations, opened for Poland. As a result, today Poland is no longer a state in ruin, as it was in 1989. It is a sovereign, wealthy and democratic country respected in the world.
- Subjects
NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; POLITICAL scientists; EUROPEAN Union; INTERNATIONAL organization; POLISH politics &; government
- Publication
Economic & Political Thought / Myśl Ekonomiczna & Polityczna, 2019, Vol 66, Issue 3, p139
- ISSN
2081-5913
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26399/meip.3(66).2019.32/j.m.fiszer