Poland in the EU

The Polish government, together with the European Commission representation in Poland have produced a new video clip for the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism. This time it's all about Poland.

The clip, which you can watch here is of course an answer to the earlier one from the EC, which hardly mentioned Poland (no "Solidarity", Lech Wałęsa etc.). Many of us Poles, myself included, were outraged. As a result of official protests that clip was changed slightly.

So what do I say now? I like the new clip. Brings back a lot of memories (see the kind of glasses Balcerowicz was wearing at the time! :-). I do suspect, though, that it speaks mostly to Poles. It has not even been put (yet?) on EUTube. 

Nertheless it's nice to see us Poles finally doing something to promote our image, instead of complaining that others don't appreciate us. Another nice step in this direction was the 4th of June celebrations in Brussels today. A crowd of Polish "astronauts" in golden suits arrived on a special golden plane and made waves around the city. They were welcomed in from of the EU building by Polish officials dressed up in T-shirts advertising "the vote that broke the wall". I think we are learning to speak about our history in words others will also understand.