2. Poland is a very beautiful country with
magnificent views and landscape.
3. • Population: 38 mln
• Location: Central Europe
• Surface: 312 685 km2 (120 727 sq.mi.)
• Capital: Warsaw
• Joined NATO: in 1999
• Joined the European Union: on 1 May 2004
4. POLITICAL SYSTEM
• The political system in Poland: democratic republic
The most important document: the Constitution of 1997
Poland’s government is divided into:
• The legislative authority: consisting of the Sejm and the
Senate
• The executive authority: the President, the Prime
Minister and the Council of Ministers or the Cabinet
• The judicial authority: the Supreme Court and other
courts
11. Do you know which was the first
constitution in the world?
Do you know which was the second
constitution?
12. Constitution of May 3 was the first one in
Europe and second in the world
(after the American Constitution of 1787)
13. LECH WAŁĘSA
The leader of the Solidarity Trade Union -
an organization that fought for the rights of
workers and later also civil liberties, led in
1989 to democratic elections and the
handover of power by the Communist
Party.
