1990-1995: Balcerowicz Reforms, unemployment rises to about 15% in 1994 from 0,3% in 1990 (it would later reach over 20% in 2000-2006)
1993: Concordate with the church. The Catholic church's influence skyrockets, and women's and other minorities' rights suffer a major defeat.
1990-2010: Crime rises dramatically, and mafias and gangs start sprouting like mushrooms from the ground after a rainy day.
Neo-Nazi and other fascist gangs become prominent to this day, with varied amounts of violence.
since 1989: 33% of the railway network is dismantled, and Poland becomes the country in Europe with the most cars per capita. Thus, road accidents and death by reckless drivers are very common.
Despite the loss of sanctions and punitive interest rates on foreign debt: Still dependent on coal, high working hours, shortage of skilled labor due to high emigration. People's standards of living plummet, except for the PMC and other wealthy people. Corruption is commonplace everywhere.
So, we have:
1990-1995: Balcerowicz Reforms, unemployment rises to about 15% in 1994 from 0,3% in 1990 (it would later reach over 20% in 2000-2006)
1993: Concordate with the church. The Catholic church's influence skyrockets, and women's and other minorities' rights suffer a major defeat.
1990-2010: Crime rises dramatically, and mafias and gangs start sprouting like mushrooms from the ground after a rainy day.
Neo-Nazi and other fascist gangs become prominent to this day, with varied amounts of violence.
since 1989: 33% of the railway network is dismantled, and Poland becomes the country in Europe with the most cars per capita. Thus, road accidents and death by reckless drivers are very common.
Despite the loss of sanctions and punitive interest rates on foreign debt: Still dependent on coal, high working hours, shortage of skilled labor due to high emigration. People's standards of living plummet, except for the PMC and other wealthy people. Corruption is commonplace everywhere.