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Poland: New Government's Problems

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 @ 23:27 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Poland
Topics:: Governance, Law, International Relations, Politics

The beatroot reports: “‘Civic Platform are clueless.' That’s what many are saying of Poland’s still fledgling government. It must be the shortest political honeymoon in history.”

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