Jędrzej Bielecki
Jędrzej Bielecki is a columnist for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, and the former Brussels correspondent for the daily Rzeczpospolita. He specialises in European, international relations, economic and diplomatic issues.
Updated: 14 April 2010
With every serious crisis we feel sorry for young people who cannot find work, calling them a “lost generation”. Well, there have been many such generations in history and they always succeeded in the end, writes DGP. 
It will be decades before the most economically stricken countries recover their pre-crisis standard of living. And the gulf between with these states and those doing well is widening all the time, threatening the unity and stability of the EU. 
The eternal rivalry between Poland’s former and the current capitals has lead to intense competition in the field of tourism. It is a hard-fought battle in which visitors to the two cities will be the main winners. 
Letting Russia join NATO — the new big idea of the alliance's strategists — might make sense to some, but to others who still fear the bear's claws, it is pure folly. 
Thanks to the A380, the European consortium Airbus has beaten American rival Boeing in the jumbo jet sector. Still, no American carrier has yet invested in the Superjumbo. 
The worst is over for the Baltic States. For the first time since the beginning of the financial crisis, Moody's has upped its ratings outlooks for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: a sign that the three republics will soon be able to join the eurozone.