Round Table Agreement
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The Round Table Agreement was a landmark 1989 accord between Poland’s communist government and opposition forces that paved the way for semi-free elections and the country’s transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish political reform accord
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ political agreement ⓘ |
| aim |
avoid violent confrontation between government and opposition
ⓘ
reform the socialist political system in Poland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Polish Round Table Talks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Round Table Accords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
economic crisis in Poland in the 1980s
ⓘ
pressure from the Solidarity movement ⓘ social unrest in Poland in the 1980s ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| date | 1989 ⓘ |
| electoralReform |
allocation of 35 percent of Sejm seats to be freely contested
ⓘ
fully free elections to the Senate of Poland ⓘ guaranteed 65 percent of Sejm seats for the ruling coalition ⓘ introduction of semi-free elections to the Sejm ⓘ |
| endDate | 1989-04-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Polish legislative election of 1989
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
formation of the first non-communist government in the Eastern Bloc led by Tadeusz Mazowiecki ⓘ |
| influenced |
collapse of communist rule in Poland
ⓘ
democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| language | Polish ⓘ |
| legalEffect | amendment of the Constitution of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ |
| location | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Catholic Church in Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| negotiationFormat | round table talks ⓘ |
| participant |
General Czesław Kiszczak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lech Wałęsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Solidarity NERFINISHED ⓘ opposition intellectuals ⓘ representatives of the Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ |
| partOf | fall of communism in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| politicalSystemAfter | democratic political system ⓘ |
| politicalSystemBefore | authoritarian socialist state ⓘ |
| result |
creation of the office of President of Poland
ⓘ
introduction of semi-free parliamentary elections in Poland ⓘ legalization of Solidarity NERFINISHED ⓘ peaceful political transformation in Poland ⓘ restoration of the Senate of Poland ⓘ transition from authoritarian rule to democracy in Poland ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1989-04-05 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1989-02-06 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Cold War ⓘ |
| topic |
democratization
ⓘ
negotiated transition ⓘ political reform ⓘ |
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