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Poland Comes Home.(EDITORIAL)
The Christian Science Monitor
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June 10, 2003
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The European Commission calls it "a turning point in history." That's no exaggeration. Poland's overwhelming "Yes" vote in last weekend's referendum on joining the European Union will have a profound impact on both.
One of 10 countries approved to join the EU in 2004, Poland was the most ambivalent. Small farmers worried about having to compete with the French and Germans. Roman Catholic parish priests wanted to preserve the country's stances against abortion and divorce.
But 58 percent of Poland's mainly Catholic voters turned out, urged to do so by Polish ...
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