Jacek Żakowski
Polish journalist Jacek Żkowski is a columnist for the weekly Polityka and a regular contributor to the daily Gazeta Wyborcza, a title that he helped launch in 1989. He is the author of several books and has won several prizes for journalism.
Updated: 17 January 2012
Europe today is suffering an erosion of representative democracy, citizenship and solidarity, making emerging from the crisis that much harder. If the Union cannot encourage an upswing in citizen participation it will not survive in its current form, warns a Polish columnist. 
Whether it’s the planned European treaty, the S&P downgrade of nine eurozones states or reprimands issued to Hungary, recent events in the EU have highlighted how powerful countries are now imposing their law on their smaller neighbours. Polish columnist Jacek Żkowski aims to set the record straight.