Occupied and subjugated several times over the last century , Poland is now one of the most virtuous nations of the European continent, with its economy growing, since 1989, 177% , the only one never to have experienced periods of recession.

The origins of this real "miracle" to be found, in my opinion, the conviction with which the ruling class Polish prevailing after the collapse of the Soviet regime brought forward structural policies for the transformation of the planned economy, which at that time characterized the economic life of all countries orbiting in Moscow, in a market economy.

French troops and African Union peacekeepers are currently failing in stemming violence episodes in Central African Republic (CAR), and that’s why, during 19-20 December European Council, Paris called the European Union to intervene, by force of arms and/or by budgetary support. The core of the French proposal is the creation of a multinational military force deployable within the African continent at the first signs of a crisis. Relying on such a political and military tool, if rightly planned, the EU will be able to skip the huge political and diplomatic procedure that usually foreruns a military operation. But being such a delicate matter, the whole debate has been postponed to the first 2014 European Council.  

While the EU continues to talk about austerity, populism and deficit, among the 28 members of the Union, there are some countries that, silently, could surprise us all: Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic, in fact, are four nations that, despite the present economic crisis forces many governments to review their balance sheets, continue to collect not simply economic successes , but political ones.

It’s not by chance that many big corporations among the most important in the world, such as Audi, IBM or Mercedes-Benz, have decided to inaugurate their new productive branches in the area that, from Tychy, reaches Budapest.