Jagienka Wilczak
Journalist Jagienka Wilczak is an editor for the weekly Polityka, where she is in charge of the social issues section. She is also the author of a work of non-fiction Musicie zabic (You Have to Kill Me), which was published in 1994.
Updated: 20 April 2010
With less than a month left to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2012, the fate of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has poisoned relations between the EU and Ukraine — the co-organiser of the championship along with Poland. However, the issue of human rights is only one aspect of a story in which business interests have also played an important role. 
The Poles did not really feel they belonged to the European Union until 2007, when their country became part of the Schengen area. Now they are members of an exclusive club, which is still viewed as a paradise by the countries who have yet to join. A report from Polish weekly Polityka.