Record number of foreigners granted Polish citizenship in 2024

Tusk is effective.

Hell yeah. I’m so happy that, as I grew up in Poland it itself grew from a place nobody wanted to visit to a place people want to get a citizenship of :3

Of course, there are some people who will be annoyed by this, but well as my ma would say if someone is annoyed by your success, that should only motivate you keep going. Poles who don’t want Poland to succeed are no Poles to me, Russian “Matryoshka dolls” born in Poland at best.

I think these numbers will only grow in the very near future, in line with the steady increase of economic immigrants in Poland.

A few personal remarks:

-The recent government measures (closing loopholes in language requirements, tightening student visa oversight, limiting shady “higher education” schools that serve as gateways, etc.) are steps in the right direction and should be continued and even improved where possible.

-Citizenship granted directly by the president should be treated much more carefully for a very good cause! Too often, these cases involve some smart asses who’ve lived in Poland for many years yet still lack basic Polish skills. Many of them run some funny/shady so-called “civil society groups”, list all their loved ones in the board with some funny titles and buy a 35 m² flat just to use as a base to qualify. And they often call it contribution. That’s not integration.

-In addition to solid Polish language requirements, there should be a thorough citizenship test, both written and verbal! It’s only fair.

As long as these and similar measures are in place, I don’t see much added value in Nawrocki’s proposed changes in terms of timeline.