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| 1989, Aug. 16 |
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| The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the Warsaw Pact members' invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. | 1 |
| Lech Walesa told the Polish press that Solidarity was prepared to form a coalition government without the Communists. | 2 |
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| Sept.–Oct |
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| The Mazowiecki government began a plan to progressively replace the command economy with a market economy by removing restrictions on private ownership of land and property and privatizing state enterprises. | 3 |
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| Dec |
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| The government presented to the Sejm a budget and economic reform package, effective Jan. 1, 1990, that involved reducing wages by 25 percent, removing price controls, cutting government subsidies, and restricting credit. The package, aimed at moving toward a market economy, incorporated the measures necessary to secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement on a $700 million standby credit over 13 months. The Sejm passed the package on Dec. 29 after prolonged debate. | 4 |
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| Dec. 29–30 |
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| New constitutional amendments removed the PUWP from its leading role and changed the country's name from the Polish People's Republic to the Polish Republic. | 5 |
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