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Article: Miller's crossing; Polish politics.(The embattled Polish prime minister)(Leszek Miller)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2004
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Poland's prime minister is under pressure at home and abroad
THE gods smiled on Leszek Miller, Poland's prime minister, when his helicopter crashed near Warsaw in December. Feeling, he said afterwards, "the touch of angel wings" around him, he survived the impact with minor back injuries, even making a brief appearance in a wheelchair at a European summit in Brussels a few days later. This week he emerged from a month's convalescence, marking the occasion with a reshuffle that included sacking his treasury minister. He pronounced himself a rested and refreshed man. He needs to be, given the challenges facing him.
One recent poll has given Mr Miller's ...