Upside Potential

Poland scores 71.5 in our new short-term political risk ratings, positioning the country in 11th place out of 28 states in the emerging Europe region. The country's unstable coalition government continues to pose a considerable risk to the administration's policy-making capacity and policy continuity. That said, Poland fares significantly better in our long-term ratings, achieving an impressive score of 82.4 and coming in at 2nd place. This is because the country benefits from a well-established political system, relatively high levels of social equality and only limited external constraints.

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