President calls for a “New Patriotism”

13th November 2009

President Lech Kaczynski issued a rallying cry for a “new patriotism” to protect Poland from alien influences during a passionate speech in central Warsaw to mark Polish Independence Day on November 11.

Evoking the spirit of Poland’s past struggles for national preservation and liberation, Lech Kaczynski called on Poles to unite and fight to protect Polish ways from undesired influences emanating from a united and powerful European Union.

“Fight for Polish security, the struggle for modernizing the country, but also the struggle to preserve the values that allowed us to survive,” exalted the president. “No one in Poland will accept the news that classes cannot hang crucifixes ...