amn
12 Mar 2010
Life / I'm from Polish descent. CAN YOU GUYS EXPLAIN THE EU TO ME? [115]
My impression is that Poland joined the EU in order to benefit financially from the EU: from its investment projects, from having a wider market to both buy and sell in, and from the employment opportunities. Wherever you go in Poland you'll see infrastructure investment funded by the EU. I do not think that the Poles in power really understood the bit about secular values, and democratic political accountability, about human rights and equal rights for minorities and the rule of law, or if they did, they did not want them, though maybe this isn't so true of the younger generation, the one that isn't yet in power but will be, as time goes by.
My impression is that Poland joined the EU in order to benefit financially from the EU: from its investment projects, from having a wider market to both buy and sell in, and from the employment opportunities. Wherever you go in Poland you'll see infrastructure investment funded by the EU. I do not think that the Poles in power really understood the bit about secular values, and democratic political accountability, about human rights and equal rights for minorities and the rule of law, or if they did, they did not want them, though maybe this isn't so true of the younger generation, the one that isn't yet in power but will be, as time goes by.