The Experience of the New Member States

Abstract

As concerns Poland’s experience acquired during the first year of membership in the European Union, I must say that, in general, the accession to the EU appears to be favourable both for the country and for the citizens. The majority of the society also evaluate positively the results of the first year in the EU and both macro and micro economic indicators persuade us that on the May 1st, 2004 Poland started a new period of its history, a period of accelerated development and modernisation.

Keywords

• enlargement
• new member states
• poland