The study is an attempt to present the situation of Poland and Lithuania after their accession to the European Union, and of the evolution of social assessment of the membership in the Union by Poles. A particularly important moment is the transition from looking at the EU from the point of view of the material benefits associated with the accession to looking at the European Community as a community of values, one that guarantees European solidarity and equal opportunities, also in the material sphere. The authors consider whether the national (and nationalist) sentiments, along with demanding attitudes in Poland towards the states of “the old union” constitute a threat to the adoption of common values and the role of Poland in the European community.
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Opracowanie stanowi próbę przedstawienia sytuacji Polski i Litwy po wejściu do Unii Europejskiej oraz ewolucji oceny społecznej przynależności do Unii przez Polaków. Szczególnie istotnym momentem jest przejście od spojrzenia na Unię z punktu widzenia korzyści materialnych wiążących się z akcesją do patrzenia na wspólnotę europejską jako wspólnotę wartości, stanowiącą gwarancję europejskiej solidarności i wyrównania szans, także w sferze materialnej. Autorzy rozważają kwestię, czy zauważalne w Polsce nastroje narodowe (nacjonalistyczne) i roszczeniowe wobec państw starej unii stanowią zagrożenie dla akceptacji wspólnych wartości i roli Polski we wspólnocie.
The research presented in this article is the attempt to analyse Polish parliamentary discourse concerning the European solidarity. The European solidarity is one of the greatest challenges of the second decade of the 21st century. This phenomenon can be analysed from the perspective of three dimensions: its roots in the EU treaties – as values and principles; institutionalised solidarity mechanisms – measures against internal shocks, cohesion policy, social policy; ad hoc solidarity in moments of crisis – e.g. migration crisis, COVID-19 crisis. This article addresses the issue of European solidarity from the perspective of political leaders. The analysed utterances allow us to conclude that the problem of European solidarity does not dominate in the parliamentary discourse of the most important Polish politicians. The parliamentary speeches of the Polish party leaders revealed various aspects of the perception of the title concept, especially in the context of shared values, although perceived in different ways. Good relations between EU countries, a common social and economic policy, as well as the sustainable development of Europe proved to be important.
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