Young Poles want to buy Polish products

Over three-quarters of young Poles (77.4 percent) will choose a Polish product with a choice of Polish and foreign products. Young people define the domestic product as a product made in Poland, and not throughout the European Union (85 percent of responses). However, almost half (45.3 percent of respondents) have a problem with linking the product with the 590 code with its Polish origin. These are some of the conclusions of the study and report carried out by the Staszic Institute with the support of the National Bank of Poland (The influence of community identity and economic knowledge on the consumer choices of students), as well as the accompanying conference, which was recently held at the Warsaw School of Economics.

In the scientific introduction and commentary to the report, Professor Agnieszka Domańska, president of the Staszic Institute, pointed to the possible interpretations related to the results of the study. So even the two-level identity of today's young Poles.

“They feel Europeans, they know that Poland has always been in Europe, they have Europe in their hearts, but at the same time, they feel that they are Poles first and foremost. Like the Germans, they feel primarily German, and the French feel French. That is why the EU is perceived as a foreign country," the president of the Staszic Institute stated.

In turn, in her doubts about the bar code, Professor Domańska tried to see the caution of young consumers who understand that under the current regulations, registering a daughter company in Poland allows a foreign manufacturer to sell a product with the code 590.

(WBJ)