Editor's note: Sidestepping the diversionary conflicts

Indeed, it is almost impossible to keep up with events on on the political scene and, frankly, I cannot see much point in trying.

It is becoming more and more obvious that generating new conflicts with a growing number of social groups and organizations is Law and Justice's idea of  policy making. So-called diversionary tactics, and in this particular case diversionary conflicts, are a well-known method for pushing real social and economic problems to the fringes of every day public debate, and there's no shortage of these in Poland - the country with the highest unemployment rate in the entire EU. After a couple of months with Law and Justice at the helm of the country, it is now obvious that the economy is not the current government's and parliament's priority. This is a real shame because domestically there hasn't been such a good opportunity to thoroughly tackle the glaring problems.

The economic situation and the enthusiasm of foreign investors remain strong. We keep scoring points for joining the EU. One of the best examples is the boom on the real-estate market. According to daily Rzeczpospolita, in 2005 foreign investors bought three times more flats than the year before while the prices of new flats in major cities grew over the last year, depending on the location, from five to 30 percent. This sector has never before witnessed such growth and experts predict that it is going to last for the next two or three years.

That's why, instead of getting too pessimistic about the state of the Polish economy, I still believe that regardless of the political turbulence, we will find a way to transform the economic prosperity into dynamic GDP growth.

Eliza Durka
Editor-in-chief