Over that same period Europe is projected to become poorer than Asia in gdp ppp for the first time in 500 years. I'm sure I won't be hearing Poles making the case they are actually part of Asia within those 20 years.

At the UN, “the West” officially means the “Western European and Others Group” (WEOG). Poland is not a member, it is a member of the Eastern European Group instead. Of course, many consider the UN Regional Groups to be a bit of a Cold War relic. But still, it goes to show that whether or not Poland is part of “the West” all depends on how you choose to define “the West”