-
Marek Belka, the new Polish prime minister, is in a deeply insecure political position in Warsaw.
ECONOMIST: The European Union summit
-
As Mr Belka, the new finance minister, has admitted, there is a real risk of social unrest.
ECONOMIST: One more push
-
Most Poles hugely resent such claims, and Prime Minister Belka said after the cabinet meeting such demands were "utterly inconceivable".
BBC: NEWS | Europe | Poland rejects reparations call
-
After also rejecting the Sejm resolution, Mr Belka said his government would try to put a figure on Poland's wartime losses.
BBC: NEWS | Europe | Poland rejects reparations call
-
If Mr Belka wins a confidence vote, he will speak for a government with little public support and perhaps only a few months left in office.
ECONOMIST: An empty seat for Poland at the next EU summit?
-
Marek Belka, the prime minister, is in a weak position, as his ruling Democratic Left Alliance has been falling apart over scandals and a weak economy.
ECONOMIST: Finally, a constitution. Now the hard part | The
-
The new finance minister will be Marek Belka, who is already highly respected within the financial community and enjoys a strong relationship with the prime minister and president.
BBC: Economic tests for new Polish regime
-
President Aleksander Kwasniewski's nominee, Marek Belka, a former finance minister who was until recently an economic adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, may well lose his first (and more taxing) confidence vote next week.
ECONOMIST: An empty seat for Poland at the next EU summit?
-
But parliament will probably not agree on an alternative, leaving the way clear for Mr Kwasniewski to nominate Mr Belka a second time, and with a better chance of winning a second, less stringent, confidence vote.
ECONOMIST: An empty seat for Poland at the next EU summit?
-
The European Central Bank and the Czech National Bank have what Poland refers to as ultralow rates, near zero, which aren't appropriate for the Polish economy because they would create boom-and-bust cycles and investment bubbles, Mr. Belka said earlier.
WSJ: Poland Hints at End to Rate Cuts
-
But "it's obviously better to be outside" the euro zone now, said Poland's central-bank governor, Marek Belka, because "we can avail ourselves of a sovereign monetary policy, including the ability of the currency to depreciate, " and don't have to share in the cost of bailouts.
WSJ: European Disunion: Euro's Allure Dims in Eastern Europe