Nine in ten Poles (90%) think that the creation and activity of Solidarity trade unions in the period 1980-81 was an important event in Polish history and two thirds describe it as groundbreaking. Three quarters of interviewees (76%) say that this event was important for average Poles (almost a half – 46% – describe it as groundbreaking). Similar proportion of the Poles (75%) think that it was a significant event in the history of Eastern European countries. Two thirds of respondents (66%) are convinced about the significance of this event for the world.

More on that issue can be found in the CBOS report in Polish: “35^th Anniversary of the NSZZ «Solidarity»”.