Do you choose where you booze?

Do you choose where you booze? Posted by Kasia on Jul 23, 2012 in Culture, Current News, Regulations

Palikot Movement (Ruch Palikota, RP, until June 1st 2011 known as Movement of Support – Ruch Poparcia, is a political party in Poland headed by Janusz Palikot) has submitted a draft law which would abolish the ban on consuming beer in public places.

The proposed bill points to countries such as France and the Netherlands where drinking laws are more relaxed and highlights the recent Euro 2012 competition as an example of how public drinking can be a civilised activity.

During the football tournament supporters were allowed to drink beer in the numerous Fan Zones with very little trouble. Today, the main reason for the current ban is to help prevent street brawls.

In places such as Paris, it is possible to drink alcohol in the park. In Poland, if you want to take a picnic with beer to a public place, you are hit with a PLN 100 fine.

The general price of alcohol is also an issue. Today, people cannot afford to go to a bar and drink beer for PLN 10 a go, but would be happy to go and drink a beer for PLN 3.

The bill is set to be discussed at the end of the month.

What is your opinion?

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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About the Author: Kasia

My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.

Comments:

John Rudiak:

I am torn between the freedom to drink where you want, but then people will abuse the right to do so. So limits on drinking and the time periods allowed should be in place. Even so public intoxication could be real problem in a public park with children.

I live in Pennsylvania and there is open container laws which do not allow drinking on the street. In public parks you can if you have a permit to do so.
Frank Loren:

Love from Warsaw!!

What I see in here as a foreigner that people are already drinking in streets,
I think there is no problem for young generation 🙂

Pozdrawiam
russ:

I don’t mind public drinking per se, but I dislike that so many drinkers leave their trash (bottles and cans) everywhere. It really makes the city and even nature parks ugly and dangerous from broken alcohol bottles. Bottles are especially bad as they usually end up broken, leaving shards of glass all over sidewalks, streets, parks, etc.

There should be a significant additional cost for bottles which is refunded when you return the bottles. And stores should make it easier to return bottles and cans for recycling. We just visited Czech Republic last week and it was easy to put used bottles into an automat which then gave you a refund. We’ve seen this system in other European countries as well, e.g. Denmark. I wish Poland would catch up in this regard. Too many people seem to accept it as “just the way things are” and not realize that it’s possible to have much less ugly trash and dangerous broken glass all over the place.

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