Stosunki polsko-francuskie 1986–1989
Polish-French relations in the years 1986–1989

Summary/Abstract: The government of Jacques Chirac, formed after the right-wing coalition victory in parliamentary elections (March 1986), followed a strategy toward PRL authorities of gradual normalization; there were no spectacular gestures. In October 1987,the Minister for Sport and Youth, Christian Bergelin – among others – visited Poland, as did the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Bertrand Raimond, in April 1987. A sign of the times, and a testament to fact that France intended to maintain a dialogue with the opposition, was that the French Foreign Minister also met with representatives of the Polish opposition (at the French Embassy in Warsaw). The development of high-level contacts took place increasingly under the influence of the ongoing political transition in Poland, at the center of which were the talks going on between communist authorities and the opposition that led to the “round table” discussions, and then the first (partially) free parliamentary elections in the postwar era.

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