Aleksander SMOLAR - Radicals in Power and the Transformation of Poland

Pouvoirs n°118 - La Pologne - septembre 2006 - p.101-112

At a time when it has many reasons to celebrate the great achievements of its post-communist transition, Poland is experiencing a political crisis whose social, economic and international consequences are difficult to measure. Since its return to power in the fall of 2005, the right has been questioning the transformation model followed so far. According to the right, after the 1989 “Round Table” negotiations, the leaders of the old regime, with the support of their allies, the moderates from Solidarnosc, have maintained a large part of their power. Together they have dominated the public administration, they have filled the key positions in the army, the police, the media and the economy, corrupting and weakening the state. Therefore the confrontation with the former communists and their allies represent a major stake for the radicals. What is at stake in this confrontation is not only a struggle to overcome the pathologies of the transformation process, but also the beginning of a real institutional and juridical revolution, together with a moral order founded upon a clear distinction between right and wrong, good and evil. Résumé

Référence électonique : Aleksander SMOLAR, "Radicals in Power and the Transformation of Poland", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°118, 2006, . Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Radicals-in-Power-and-the.html