Of course, this is not all that Poland has achieved. The success leads inevitably west towards integration with NATO and the European Union. The invitation to join the military alliance was extended this July while the final decision to begin official negotiations for EU entry is expected to come from Bruxelles this December. In Poland, there is some fear of EU integration, the result of slow filtering of real information to the general public. So far, there are no real Euro-sceptics but the mood and conditions that allowed rapid change in legislation and implementation at the beginning of the 1990's is deteriorating systemically.
Economic activity is increasingly difficult.
Governments have justified the constant change in legislation as harmonising with European standards but the real aim has been to protect the interests of individual interest groups. Every move, good or bad, is automatically described as part of the integration process. There is still much harmonising to be done - particularly in the economy and legislation. Emphasized in the Polish government's detailed programme of national strategies for integration are further liberalisation in movement of goods, services, capital and labour, increased competition, consumer and environmental protection. On the third Sunday in September, Poland held the third parliamentary elections of the Third Republic.