News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]


It doesn't work like that in Poland. Candidates are elected because of how many personal votes they get combined with the total percentage for their party. So if a party gains two mandates, then the two candidates with the most votes from the list get elected.

News / Regain banking assets - new Polish finance minister supports privatisation in Poland. Corruption? [33]

Obsession, rather.


Buy back? Most of these banks were never owned locally in the first place. Alior is owned by a Italian-French company, and was never in Polish hands to begin with.

News / Does democratic Poland guarantee it's LGBT citizens respect for human and civil rights? [1169]

Everyone knew about Grodzka before the election, it was one of the highest profile candidates for Ruch Palikota at the time.

How someone could vote for a candidate without knowing anything about them is beyond me.

News / Regain banking assets - new Polish finance minister supports privatisation in Poland. Corruption? [33]


It's tiny. PKO BP is far, far bigger.

PKO BP bought Nordea recently, didn't they? I seem to remember that they've got quite a bit of cash put away for future acquisitions too.

News / Poland have the 3rd best Education System of Europe [49]


It's true. Poland has been doing astonishingly well at the secondary level. For all the moaning about the Matura, the evidence suggests that the school reform into 6+3+3 plus a change in general culture has worked well. I suspect the Polish focus on obtaining a broad education also doesn't hurt, especially compared to the narrow UK focus.

It's the tertiary level where Poland is failing badly, due to the PRL-era law that granted autonomy to universities and hence the ability for them to allow all sorts of nonsense.

Law / Driver license: Moroccan/UAE into Polish exchange / convention. Zameldowanie (residence registration) [13]


No, actually, there's some logic to it. By the law, you have to be resident in Poland for at least 185 days before applying for a driving licence. This means that the zameldowanie is the proof of this.


Welcome to the world of identity fraud. There's a reason why the UK has such huge problems while Poland has minimal problems.

The zameldowanie system should be kept, but it should work like the Finnish system. You turn up (or do it online), you tell them "I now live here" and everything is fine. It then functions as your official address for everything, including tax purposes.


You don't have to pay for it.


Yes, but identity theft is a huge problem.

News / Poland have the 3rd best Education System of Europe [49]


We're not talking about the Matura, but rather the general system of education. I'd argue that the Polish emphasis on obtaining a general education is what is driving the PISA scores up, combined with a centralised system. It's more or less what the Finns adopted, the only thing lacking is treating the profession very seriously.


At the university level? The fact that courses are essentially made up without any supervision by others (if you're familiar with the UK, then it would be called validation), that blatant cheating is often ignored, and many other things. I've heard stories of unbelievable sexism displayed by older professors, and marking is often arbitrary and clearly made up.


All I can say is that something is working. Having visited Finland to observe their schooling system, I can tell you that one notable thing is that there's very little difference between the Finnish classroom and the Polish classroom at the 12+ level, except that grades are seen as pointless in the Finnish system, which I agree with.

Please read this

elementary.meridian.edu.pl/pdf/Teachers_Handbook.pdf

It is absolutely shocking. Can You imagine working there?