Charlemagne: Aleksander Kwasniewski, a polished Pole.(Polish president)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | January 9, 1999 | Copyright

These days, in the chancelleries and conference-halls of Western Europe, suave ex-communists seem to go down a lot better than the grizzled, grumpy heroes of the cold war, who too often look better at undermining governments than at running them. Aleksander Kwasniewski, Poland's president, once a communist apparatchik, certainly knows how to put the charm on. Witness his address to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg at the end of last year, when he warned them of the ``myths'' that Poland's detractors were spreading to delay the EU's eastbound expansion. It was ...

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