POLANDS ECONOMY

*The Polish economy has just had probably the best 20 years in its economic history and
its considered to have a stable economy and well-grounded macroeconomic position

*Poland stands 8th in the ranking of the economies in the European Union.

* It adopted a market economy only in 1989 and has shown incredible economic expansion
since then

*It was the only country in the European Union that evaded recession in the years 2007
and 2008.
 CHALLENG
INCREASING
INEQUALITY
ES
AGING
SOCIETY
LEVERAGING
TECHNOLOGY
CHALLENGE ON
SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT OF
FOR GROWTH NATURAL RESOURCES

The regional disparities Poland's population is
are significant, and they aging more rapidly than
are pulling down the any other European
economic development of country.
Poland which could have
been much more than The job market is
what it is currently. projected to become even
tighter as a result of this
circumstance. The
healthcare and pension
systems may be severely
strained as a result of the
demographic transition
Poland is not keeping up
with the rapid pace of
technological change
occurring globally.
Poland lags in the latest
technologies that the
leading world economies
are already indulging in.
As water and air quality of
Poland is very poor.
Poland has 33 of Europe's
top 50 most polluted
countries.
Coal-fired power stations
provide a significant
portion of the country's
electricity. Many
inhabitants of the country
are unable to update their
outdated heating and
boiler systems, which
contribute to the country's
persistent pollution
concerns
 PATTERNS OF RACE AND IMMIGRATION
The political and economic changes that occurred since 1989 in all countries of
central and eastern Europe but particularly in Poland have brought phenomena of a
kind that have not been recorded over the whole post-war period such as the inflow
of petty traders from neighboring countries, movement of transit migrants, inflows
of asylum-seekers, permanent immigration from the east and influx of foreigners
on long-term visas, and managerial migration from the west Since 1985 number of
foreigners coming to Poland has steadily grown. 

After 1989, the country became practically mono-ethnic due to the Soviet and
German genocides, changes in the country's borders, migration, and the expulsion
of ethnic peoples by the Communist government of Poland. The combined non-
Polish ethnic populations are estimated to be between less than one million and
more than two million people, or between 2 and 5.5 percent of the country's
population.
*There are about fifteen ethnic groups that are large enough to be recognized and counted in
statistics. The main ethnic groups are Germans, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, and
Jews all have states where their nationality is the majority and can be enlisted for political
assistance.

*The majority of immigrants in Poland in 2020 were from Ukraine (33 thousand immigrants.

*The intensification of the violence in Ukraine has resulted in the damage to civilian
infrastructure and the deaths of civilians, forcing people to evacuate their homes in search of
safety, protection, and aid. More than a million Ukrainian migrants traveled into neighboring
nations in the first week, and many more are on the move both inside and outside the
country. Where over 2, 000,000 Ukrainians fled to Poland.
Electoral Rules
and Party
Competition of
Poland
Sejm of the Republic of Poland

• Poland has a stable democratic system.

• Their republic is a two-chamber multiparty democracy.
• The Head of State is the President, elected by a majority of the
voters for a five year term.
• The upper parliamentary chamber is the Senate, with 100 senators;
whereas in the lower chamber the Sejm, there are 460 members.
The Presidency

• The Presidency is appointed or elected by the

Members of the Assembly wherein the election is held
at the first sitting of the newly elected Sejm.
• The Presidency’s title is “Marshal of the Sejm” and the
term’s duration is 4 years and some reasons for
interruption of the term is by resignation, death, or
dismissal
Party Competitions

• Since 1989, The Republic of Poland has had a multi-party system, with numerous
competing political parties.
• Poland, from being a mono-party Communist regime to liberal democracy and pluralism
—it has resulted into new political parties stemming up in the early 1990’s.
• When the first free parliamentary elections in 1991 seats in the Sejm, the elected were
divided among more than a dozen different parties.
• The existence of many parties has become bothersome and are labeled
counterproductive to the effectiveness of the parliament and a hindrance towards
producing stable governments.
IMPACT OF CIVIC CULTURE
AND POLICY AGENDA IN
POLAND
REPORTER: BALINGIT, Phoebe Ruth L.
 HUMAN RIGHTS (1/3)

• Human rights are one of the most pressing issues in

today’s international relations.
• Poland has ratified number of important human
rights treaties, including the European Convention
on Human Rights and the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights.
 HUMAN RIGHTS (2/3)
• Poland has been placed on CIVICUS’ human rights
watchlist, citing suppression of protests, a crackdown on
LGBT+ rights, and attacks on independent media.
• Over the last two years, especially ahead of the country’s
presidential election in the summer of 2020, PIS leaders
have increasingly depicted LGBT persons as danger to
traditional families.
 HUMAN RIGHTS (3/3)
• Finally, CIVICUS cautioned that Poland’s media
independence is under jeopardy due to the government’s
drive for an advertising tax, which would jeopardize press
freedom