A commemorative debate held under the slogan “About us and about Poland – twenty-year-olds on the 20th anniversary of freedom” is taking place in the presidential palace today. It marks 20th anniversary of the conclusion of the Round Table talks in Poland.  

The debate is organised at the initiative of president Lech Kaczynski.  The youth born after 1989 will have a chance to sit at the historic table in the Sejm to talk about what it means for them to be Polish as well as their dreams and attitudes towards modern history. 

The Round Table talks, initiated on 6 February and ended on 5 April 1989 between the Communist authorities and the opposition resulted in the legalization of the Solidarity trade union, partially free elections involving 35 per cent of seats in the Lower House of the Parliament for the opposition and free elections for the Senate.