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Domestic political drama

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:26 authored by Aleks SzczerbiakAleks Szczerbiak
Poland’s communist-successor government had a difficult time of it in 2002. Attempts to boost its popularity ratings were largely a failure--even the “feel-good factor” generated by Pope John Paul II’s visit faded quickly--and support for the main governing party had slumped dramatically by autumn’s local elections. By the end of 2002, Leszek Miller’s government was as unpopular as its discredited Solidarity-led predecessor had been. Poles were unhappy for many reasons, but most of all because of the continued sluggishness of the national economy and the stubbornly high level of unemployment, which the government unsuccessfully tried to blame on the National Bank's interest rate policy. Fortunately, the year ended on a high note with the country successfully wrapping up negotiations to join the European Union during a summit in Copenhagen, which fittingly ended on the 21st anniversary of the declaration of martial law

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Transitions Online

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1214-1615

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1.0

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2012-02-06

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