20 Quotes by Lech Kaczynski

We are already seeing problems from the introduction of the euro. At the moment it's mainly Italy that's complaining, but there's nothing surprising in that, seeing how standards of living have fallen there since the currency was brought in.

Poland needs to reconsider its mistakes. But more than that, it needs a consensus based on truth.

I taught for 30 years at university but never in circumstances like this.

We must turn the country around to face its citizens. The scale of the repair will be so great that Poland will become a new republic.

The question of the euro should be resolved through a referendum, which could take place in 2010.

The state is not working properly. It must be rebuilt and cleansed.

I want to call...for us to quickly conclude work on the government. I will approach Donald Tusk, who fought superbly in this campaign.

Poland is smaller than France or Germany, for example. What would a common foreign policy look like? Would the trip I took to Kiev last week require a detour through Brussels in the future? Would it require approval from Brussels? While the West, for its part, doesn't think twice about other countries when it comes to its projects?

There are certainly major differences between Poland's policies and those of the old EU countries. Debates are going on in Brussels over a shared foreign policy and even a shared foreign minister.