Ich habe das Gefühl, dass es ein Grenzereignis für die Wahrnehmung Polens im Westen ist. Davor galt Polen immer noch als postkommunistisches Drecksloch mit Menschen, die Eisbären fressen, besonders wenn man sich an die blöde Meinung von Sol Campbell erinnert "Rückkehr im Sarg"
Stattdessen begannen die Westler, Polen als Entwicklungsland zu betrachten, mit normalen und charmanten Menschen und einem großen touristischen, kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Potenzial (insbesondere nachdem es der großen Rezession von 2008 entgangen war). Bis heute scheint die Wahrnehmung Polens immer besser zu sein, was leider von rechtsextremen Idioten ausgenutzt wird, die die russische Erzählung über den Untergang Europas vorantreiben "Weiß" Polen
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Von baegarcon
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Totally, that’s when I started seeing wherever you are from as a shithole
It’s joining the EU and NATO. I don’t want Poland to be the second Belarus.
A lot of crucial QoL infrastructure was built for that event, for example highways, so you could say that in some way that’s true
Unfortunately.
Tourists saw Poland and cheap airlines destroyed Kraków i Gdańsk.
Interesting take, as a Pole I’d never say Euro 2012 was a border event. For me it was definitely joining the EU and later the Schengen area. That’s when the changes started to happen and we began „westernizing“ in my opinion.
It was for sports fans and many business owners, but nowhere near joining the UE in terms of growth of Poland as a world’s important economy. We owe much of what we have now not only because of subsidies, but also because it was easier for people to experience the west.
Yes, it was exactly that. Brought a huge change in perception abroad (which means more tourists) and helped push a lot of infrastructure developments that probably still wouldn’t have been done otherwise. This is precisely the reason why I think Warsaw’s 2044 Olympics bid is a good idea, no matter the costs.
A massive waste of money being seen as a border event is not a good look. And who cares what rightoids think in the West. Let them think that, so they can stay out.
Society is fucking dumb if your theory is true. Euro event changing people minda about a country, lol.
No. Even though I am a big football fan and attended Euro 2012 as well as other European Championships and World Cups, Euro 2012 was not a defining moment in Poland’s modern history.
It mostly coincided with the start of Poland’s rapid development, which was already happening and simply accelerated around that time. That timing shaped how people remember the tournament, but it does not mean the event caused the change.
As for how Poland was seen in the West after Euro 2012, let’s be realistic. People do not follow BCC en masse and do not care what they have to say, especially what bollocks they told Sol Campbell to say. Poland’s image abroad has been shaped much more by social media, especially in the recent years, than by the traditional media.
No, but there were high expectations that the tournament would improve Polish-Ukrainian relations as the event was organised by right-wing pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian Polish government and pro-Western Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko. They managed to secure the deal, but both governments felt down, and as a result, they were replaced with the liberals in PL and pro-Russian Yanukovych in UKR. I meant it was still a cool event, but it’s was pretty clear that the Polish-Ukrainian Tournament was completely artificial for both of those parties.
It was. Euro 2012 was the first time after 1989 when Westerner masses could see Poland for what it was, not what they thought. The increase of attention (esp online) was real
Last time we were normal and west facing after pis it all went downhill
In my opinion yes. It ended the 90s in Poland the way 9/11 did in the USA. There is a Poland before and after Euro.
It was a shift from „dziurawe drogi lody Zappa and Milka Poland“ into „Poland from drone ekspresówka Paczkomat and Żabka Poland“. If it makes any sense outside of my head.
I want Poland to be still considered a grey post commie state. It is brilliant place and the less attention it gets, the better. Just let it be. 😉
I did view Euro 2012 as a border event but only in terms of infrastructure. I’d say the image of current day’s Poland is a result of over 3 decades of our nation’s efforts and hard work aimed at constantly growing and improving
You needed to push your own ideology into it in the last sentence, do you? Is that Putin in the room with you now?