Migrations: Poland’s missed (for now) opportunity
WEI 26/09/2023
On September 15, 2023, world media were abuzz with the news that 7,000 migrants, mostly from Tunisia, had arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa
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On September 15, 2023, world media were abuzz with the news that 7,000 migrants, mostly from Tunisia, had arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa
Since the publication of our report on the reconstruction of Ukraine (in the fall of 2022), the country’s situation has changed. The concepts for the
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As part of implementing the Ukraine Reconstruction Service, a new project of WEI’s Center for Strategic Studies, we are monitoring the economic and social situation
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We present “State of Play” – a new series of publications on Poland’s economic cooperation with countries outside the EU. Each publication will present the
Since the 1990s, both men and women in Poland have been reluctant to have children. The group that would want to have children under any
We present “State of Play” – a new series of publications on Poland’s economic cooperation with countries outside the EU. Each publication will present the
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Over the past century, Central Europe’s political order has seen a pattern of ideological German-Russian love-hate relations. The lands between the two powers, from the
European environmental regulations impose particular actions on member states. Binding targets have been set, which include achieving climate neutrality by 2050 or reducing greenhouse gas
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We present the second edition of the survey of Poles’ attitudes toward the war in Ukraine and refugees from Ukraine. Our study is narrowed to
More and more publications point to the waning longevity of competition processes in developed economies, including the US and EU. Much evidence leads to the
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We present the eighth report in the Warsaw Enterprise Institute’s “Opening Balance” series. The purpose of these reports, always issued at the end of the
Inflation in Poland in October 2022 amounted to 17.9 percent. Compared to the previous month, we recorded an increase of 1.8 percent. This is the
The ongoing war in Ukraine raises many questions about the country’s future. Currently, no one can determine what the final magnitude of the destruction will
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The purpose of this report is to investigate and raise awareness of the problem of abuse of pre-trial detention in Poland. Additionally, the report contains
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Measuring the wealth of societies is considered to be the Holy Grail of economics. The idea of representing the level of wealth using a single
Electricity prices are breaking new records. Seemingly it is easy to explain it by inflation, Russian aggression to Ukraine or cost of raw materials. However,
Pope John Paul II did not want to give Ukraine over to Moscow, he wanted it to become part of Europe. What does Pope Francis
The government announces that as of 2023, permits to build single-family houses for own residential purposes will be a thing of the past. The Warsaw
Never in the history of mankind has the labor market and the ways of providing work changed so dynamically as in the last few decades.
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Since the Russian annexation of Crimea and aggression against Ukraine in 2014, we have seen a definite deterioration of the security environment in Poland’s immediate
This war started because the rules-based order failed and force prevailed. Only force and the will to use it will bring stability. Wars capture the
A European Parliament Directive imposes on Poland an obligation to implement a system of extended producer responsibility for the goods they sell in the environmental
Addressing poverty issue needs no justification. Every hungry child and every pensioner who can’t afford medicine is a scandal. All good ideas for solving this
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the cost of living in Poland in comparison with the EU countries in 2010-2020, and also to
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Among various areas of uncertainty, the issue of refugees arriving in Poland from Ukraine stands out as of particular importance for the future of our
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Prime Minister Morawiecki indicated that friendly taxes are taxes that are low, simple and fair. The Warsaw Enterprise Institute has taken the same stance for
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The number of Ukrainians who are fleeing to other countries and who will become displaced will only continue to increase as the war wages on
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In this report, we dealt with what is known and what is not known about immigrants working in Poland. The image of the immigrant that
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