A brief overview of the development of the German-Polish relations and their present situation

1. Relations
German-Polish

2. Structure
 1. General Information
 2. Map
 3. History
 4. Political Relations
 5. Economic Relations
 6. Cultural Relation
 7. Sources

4. General Information about
Poland
Total area: 312,679 km2
Population: 38,530,000 inhabitants
Capital: Warsaw (1.7 mio. inhabitants)
Currency: Zloty
Religion: Catholics (95 %)

5. Economic Data 2009
 Unemployment rate:
11% ( 8,3 % )
 Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.4% ( + 0.5 %)
 GDP - per capita (PPP):
$17,800 ( $ 39000)
Public Debt:
47.5% of GDP ( 64,4 %)

6. Business in Poland
 Do not talk about the Holocaust or any other topic that
is connected to the II. World War!
 Dress suitably!
 It is usual to sit together after business is done !
 It is not unsual to kiss a woman‘s hand!

7. Economic Relations
Trading
Motor vehicles
Machinery
plant
household appliances
food
furniture
Export
Import
German direct
investments:
< 1 bn Euro
engineering
Industries
banking and
insurance
the energy sector
in

8. Cultural Relations
 More than 600 German-Polish town twinning
arrangements
e.g. Stuttgart Lodz
 2,4 million Polish students are learning German
 German-Polish Youth Office
 Viadrina University in Frankfurt/Oder

9. History
Divided for several times
1918 Independence
1939 German Invasion
1949 Division of Germany
1989 Reunion
1970 Warsaw Genuflection
2004 Entry into the EU

10. Political Relations
Germany Poland
 Strong relationship between the two foreign ministers
 Dispute over the Centre against Expulsions

11. Prejudices
Polish people…
Just speak Polish
 steal (especially cars )
 live in a backward economy
 are poor people
 steal work places
German people…
 are Nazis
 just drink beer
 are fanatic of order
It‘s important to reduce these prejducies !

12. Sources
 Fischer Weltalmanach 2009
 Polen da fahr ich hin!,Ndv
 Polen,BpB
 www.auswaertigesamt.de/diplo/de/Laenderinformatio
nen/Polen/Bilateral.html
 www.business-polen.de/
 www.diplo.de
 www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
 www.eurotopics.net

13. Thank you
for
your attention !