Poljski Euroskepticizam uoči pristupanja Europskoj Uniji
Polish Euroskepticism on the eve of accession to the European Union

Author(s): Aleks Szczerbiak
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Centar za politološka istraživanja
Summary/Abstract: In recent years, Polish cynicism towards the EU has increased, leading to a significant decline in support for membership and the emergence of a growing bloc of public opinion against the EU. When it became apparent that compliance with EU norms, in addition to its benefits, could also entail negative economic and social consequences, support inevitably waned. This was even more significant when the previously widespread pro-European consensus of the elite began to fray, and after the later politicized debates about EU membership also fragmented public support. Nevertheless, support for Polish membership in the Union appears to have stabilized and is at a relatively high level. Despite the fact that parties critical of or even opposed to EU membership fared well in the parliamentary elections of September 2001, it would be wrong to interpret this as some kind of return of Euroscepticism, since the issue of the European Union was not by any means a prominent feature of their campaign.

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