EN
European culture is the mélange of cultural heritages regional, local and minority cultures. Polish people associate European culture with values such as: tolerance for others, openness on new ideas, environment protection, care of health and fitness, state's concern with satisfy citizen's needs and also aspiration for fulfillment, big importance of electronic technology, high level of citizen's security, strong aspiration for success. Distances which divide Poles from European culture result from differences in hierarchy of life's values, maintenance's cost and attitudes and consumer behaviors. Processes of globalization and Poland's integration with European Union stimulate modern trends in behaviors of Polish customers and also influence on level of Polish people consumer ethnocentrism.