Round-table negotiations.

Polish Round Table Talks took place in Warsaw, Poland from February 6 to April 4, 1989. round-table negotiations File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... round-table negotiations File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Polish Round Table, 1989 A round table is one which has no head and no sides, and therefore no one person sitting at it is given a privileged position and all are treated as equals. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The reason that compelled Polish Communists (led by gen. Jaruzelski) to start talks with the banned trade union Solidarność and other opposition groups was fear of a social explosion due to economic malaise and runaway inflation that had depressed Polish living standards and deepened the anger and frustration of society. They hoped to co-opt prominent opposition leaders to the ruling group without making major changes in the shape of the authority. But in reality the talks radically altered the shape of the Polish government and society. The events in Poland precipitated and gave the momentum to the fall of the entire Communist bloc. Soon also the Yalta arrangement collapsed. Term of Office from July 19, 1989 until December 22, 1990 Profession Officer Political Party PZPR First Lady Barbara Jaruzelska Date of Birth July 6, 1923 Place of Birth Kurów near Puławy, Poland Date of Death Place of Death Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (VOY-chekh VEE-told ya-ru-ZEL-skee... Solidarity (Polish Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the GdaÅ„sk Shipyards, originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ... During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ... The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from February 4 to 11, 1945 between the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ...

An agreement ("Round Table Agreement") was signed on April 04, 1989. As a result, real political power was vested in a newly created bicameral legislature and in a president who would be the chief executive. Solidarność was legalized. Free election to 35% of the seats in Sejm and an entirely free election to Senate was assured. In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Solidarity (Polish Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the GdaÅ„sk Shipyards, originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

The election held on 4 June 1989 brought a landslide victory to Solidarność (99% seats in Senate and all 35% possible seats in Sejm). Jaruzelski, whose name was the only one the Communist Party allowed on the ballot for the presidency, won by just one vote in the National Assembly Solidarity (Polish Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the GdaÅ„sk Shipyards, originally led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... Term of Office from July 19, 1989 until December 22, 1990 Profession Officer Political Party PZPR First Lady Barbara Jaruzelska Date of Birth July 6, 1923 Place of Birth Kurów near Puławy, Poland Date of Death Place of Death Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (VOY-chekh VEE-told ya-ru-ZEL-skee... In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ...