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Simeon Mitropolitski is a Canadian analyst, of Bulgarian origin, and a former syndicated columnist with the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). He is the author of several hundred articles dealing with hot political and economic topics, both national and international.
He was part of the first group of Bulgarian intellectuals and students that began the opposition movement that finally put an end to the communist regime in this country in 1989, and in 1996-1997 participated in international observation teams during the elections in several Balkan countries - Romania, Albania and Bulgaria.
In 2002 Simeon and his family moved from Bulgaria to Canada where they live now in Montreal, province of Quebec. Simeon is a Master of Political Science from McGill University and a B.A. of Political Science and History.
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Poland: Rightwing Parties Take All
The 5th parliament election since the communism has been rejected in Poland changed again the ruling team. So far there was no government in the country to have succeeded in doubling its electoral victory and in getting a second popular mandate in a raw. The anti-communist and rightwing parties took the election in 1989, 1997 and 2005. The former communist left and its allies took the remaining elections in 1993 and 2001. Only the names of the rightwing parties changed over the time. This time the winners are the conservative party Law and Justice and the center-right party Citizens' Platform. They already expressed willingness to create ruling coalition. Together they will have approximately 2/3 of all parliament seats. The incumbent left government of the Democratic Left Alliance lost almost 3/4 of the percentage points it took 4 years ago. That may seem surprising given that it was this government that took Poland into the EU 16 month ago. This surprise has although clear explanation. The only social groups that at least partially benefited so far from the EU membership were the farmers, which traditionally voted for rightwing parties. The traditional social base of the left in the cities is still underemployed and at risk of losing their jobs under stronger foreign and domestic competition. EU membership made many goods and services more expensive, in many cases almost reaching the average EU levels, but the salaries are still about 1/3 or less than in some leading EU countries. Although the political change seems radical, even brutal, the internal and especially external policy of Poland won't undergo major transformation. The trend toward modernization will continue, this time putting the new ruling parties under attack by the disenchanted citizens. There were less than 40% to vote in the last parliament election, which was the lowest turnout since the end of the communism. The next years will see further shrinking of the agricultural population in accordance to the EU directives. What the communists weren't able to produce, namely to have an overwhelming urban population with a few but huge farms providing food, would be done by the bureaucrats from Brussels. When it happens, millions new unemployed will crowd the big cities or will go West in search of better life.
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