Poland's membership of the European Union – perspective of polish weekly opinion magazines and youth (years 2019–2021)

Abstract

Young Poles, who have been citizens of the European Union for several years, undertook an attempt to take stock of their international cooperation through participation in a survey. As a result of the survey, the opinions of Polish youth regarding issues such as the different ideologies present in the EU and the activities conducted by the Government were obtained. Weekly opinion magazines that were selected for this article („Polityka”, „Newsweek Polska”, „W Sieci”, „Do Rzeczy”) transmit their positions through the publication of texts. Comparing the opinions of all the parties that were surveyed revealed the fact that the positions do not overlap on all the issues analysed. Surveyed students stated for the most part that they hold centrist political views, while their opinions are more likely to match up with liberal opinion weekly magazines rather than right-wing ones. An example of affinity between all the parties surveyed is the fact that the benefits outweigh during past international cooperation. Differences between the standpoints can be seen, for instance, with the issue related to ideologies that only in the opinion of right-wing magazines endanger Poland.

Keywords

• european union
• poland
• youth
• weekly opinion magazines
• „polityka”
• „newsweek polska”
• „w sieci”
• „do rzeczy”