Liberte World

Polish political and social lives are full of preposterous situations. For the first four years of his term of office, Donald Tusk did practically nothing (practically, for it has to be mentioned that he had abolished conscription and some of the retirement benefits) for the young generation. Nevertheless, he still maintained a large support of [...]

I am not deluded by the allegedly changing social situation in the Russian Federation. Extraordinarily as for the Russian standards anti-rule demonstrations did not change anything. Putin easily won the elections in the first round, he lived through one of the biggest crisis in his career and established his position as the head of the [...]

New, more radical actions of Lukashenko’s regime should move Belarus to the top priority place in Polish foreign policy. We need iron consistency. Resolute diplomatic steps should be combined with an effective information campaign directed at Belarusians and with breaking any talks with Lukashenko. For Poland objective number one should be to persuade the European [...]

It is tempting to envision Poland as a shale gas Eldorado. If the prognoses about the amount and accessibility of shale gas prove to be accurate, it is great news, and a promise of the enormous profits, or even a hope for our country to change its position on a geopolitical chart of Europe. Becoming [...]

Social policy is probably the biggest worry of both the Polish state and society. We cannot talk about it in a rational way. Neither can we figure out its purpose, the reason why we spend a lot of money on it or what to do to make it efficient. The discourse is taking place to [...]

It seems that the uproar around ACTA has turned into a complete nonsense. The discussion on this crucial contract has become absolutely one-sided and often strayed from the point. We forget what the purposes of the treaty are. The situation helps to realize that non-governmental organizations, journalists and elites express openly their opinions on issues [...]

Situation in Hungary under Victor Orban became extremely serious, it is time to raise an alarm. In the center of Europe, EU member state moves gradually from democracy to soft authoritarianism, system which clearly prefers one political party. If Europe is to stay the supportive and liberal democracy body than in spite of hard economic [...]

It should be considered if the government’s policy is efficient in realizing Polish interests in the European Union. It is a truism to state that the policy of the Civic Platform is more efficient than the one of the Law and Justice. Changes in the international policy and economic situation cause however that the policy [...]

A great celebration for Polish liberals – Congress of Liberty  – pushed me into some musing. The most important and interesting track of the event seemed to be the issue of patriotism, covered during panel discussion entitled “Freedom of choice of patriotism. The Polish and European Identity”. Why do I think so? Although patriotism is [...]

The story of Sex Pistols and their influence on the cultural changes seems unbelievable. The first, simple question that comes to everyone’s mind is how this complete morons managed to make a cultural earthquake, such a revolution in thinking of thousands of people. In what way this cretins gave so much to think and encouraged [...]