Poland’s Wrong Choice: The Polish Political Scene and its Influence on the Creation of the Country’s Foreign and Security Policy
Poland’s Wrong Choice: The Polish Political Scene and its Influence on the Creation of the Country’s Foreign and Security Policy

Summary/Abstract: For the whole period of post- communist Poland, the conduct of foreign and security policy remained in the hands of the same political camp. With the exception of the short period of the Jan Olszewski’s government ( XII 1991 – VI 1992) the execution of those policies remained in the hands of liberals from Solidarity camps and liberals from post-communist opportunists. The situation changed with the arrival of the new government after 2005 elections. According to the author, it is quite natural that opposition criticizes the government because of its own different political ideas and interests. It is also easy to understand that very often opposition is against one or another aspect of foreign policy conducted by the government or party in power. What is unusual, however, is total criticism and a never ending war declared on all political decisions and actions of the ruling government, especially in the domain of foreign and security policy. Therefore, one of the primary goals of the article is to answer the question of reasons for such a hostile attitude of the Polish opposition towards the government.

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