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  • Budapest in Warsaw?

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    ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, I am deeply convinced that the day of our success will come, that Warsaw will be like Budapest.’ Jarosław Kaczyński on election night, 9th October 2011 Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the Law and Justice party, the main opposition group in Poland, is well known for his […]

  • Is it really a step backward?

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    Transition takes time, and each country proceeds along its own path at its own pace. The current situation in Hungary or Romania is comparable to similar situations in years past in other transition countries in Central Europe. These countries need is simply more time for their young democracies and market economies to become more successful.