The Guardian: Poland's new breed of optimists Link
The country has never been richer, safer or better organised than it is today.
Today the average Joe is convinced that, summa summarum, everybody is in it to make a buck. Thus, they tend to view their rich neighbours Germany not as an enemy but as someone they can do business with. Poles are still quite apprehensive about the big bad Russian bear but see him as also having become more pragmatic and business-minded and in effect, less scary.
a recent interview I did with former Polish prime minister, Leszek Miller, he told me that for years Poland's geographical location between Germany and Russia had been considered a "curse", but that in his opinion today it could be turned into a "blessing", as there was no reason Poland couldn't act as an economic and political bridge between countries in Europe's west and countries to its east.
It's a music to polish ears ;-)
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