title: Democracy and Freedom in Turbulent Times. Poland’s Membership of the European Union as the Final Process of Integration after 1989
abstract: Every country has symbolic dates in its history. The necessary political, social, and economic transformation after 1989 required costly changes. The prospect, and then the realization of Poland’s aspiration to become a member of the European Union has turned us from a former Soviet-influenced bloc country into a fully-fledged member of the European family. All thanks to May 1, 2004. Since then, this date has been the foundation, and a new chapter in Poland’s recent history. Poland has confident
journal: Przegląd Politologiczny