European Union gave Poland as much as 84% of GDP growth
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The analyzes of the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) show that without European integration, the Polish economy would be 12 percent smaller. Since joining the EU in 2004, Poland's GDP has increased by 84 percent. For comparison, the increase in the GDP of Ukraine, which remained outside the Community, amounted to only 15.6 percent. Summing up the last 17 years, it is impossible not to notice the process of economic diffusion, resulting from Poland's incorporation into the structures of the European Union. This process took place gradually – but it permanently remodeled our economy and allowed us to move on to another development course.
According to the estimates of the European Commission and the Ministry of Regional Development, almost 2 million jobs in Poland are those related to the functioning of the single market or investments financed from EU funds. The next element is the transformation of agriculture. In the 1990s, it was one of the branches of the economy which, at the threshold of Poland's accession to the EU, was one of the leading sectors with relatively low productivity and a high level of employment. In this area, there has been a quite radical transformation of the agricultural sector – which currently employs much fewer people, but on the other hand, very far-reaching investments have been made there. In addition, the pay gap between farmers and other hired workers has narrowed to 4 percent.
