Poland plans €8.9bn privatisation programme

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Series Details 23.10.09
Publication Date 23/10/2009
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Report of a FT interview with Jacek Rostowski, Finance Minister of Poland, October 2009. He talks of a planned €8.9bn two-year privatisation programme to include the Warsaw stock exchange, power companies and other big ticket items.

Poland has weathered the financial crisis better than any other European Union country and is set to post a 1.2% rise in GDP in 2009 – the only member state to avoid recession.

But in spite of some budget trimming, the deficit has soared as a result of the crisis to more than 6% of GDP.

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ESO: Background information: Polish unions restive at state sell-offs http://www.europeansources.info/record/polish-unions-restive-at-state-sell-offs/

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