Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule he was active in the Socialist Union of Polish Students and was the Minister for Sport in the communist government in the 1980s. After the fall of communism he became a leader of the left-wing Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, successor to the former ruling Polish...
years president different
My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States.
fighting tough economy
And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
country strong hymns
We are a strong democratic country.
friendship important want
And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.
thinking iraq mass-destruction
I personally think that today, Iraq without Saddam Hussein is a truly better Iraq than with Saddam Hussein, but naturally I also feel uncomfortable due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction.
country mean responsibility
And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms.
exist polish prisons territory
Such prisons do not exist on Polish territory ... and there have not been any,
almost countries eu huge interested million poland
But why EU is so interested to have Poland and some new countries inside, because it's a huge mark. There's almost 100 million people.