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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Warsaw has no need for German nuclear policy
According to the daily Rzeczposolita, Poland's nuclear programme has fallen behind schedule because Poland extended the deadline for international objections to an environmental impact assessment by two months, purportedly under pressure from its neighbours. Fears after Fukushima are to blame, writes Andrzej Krakowiak in the conservative paper: "I'm convinced that if the deliberations had began a year ago, the participating countries - especially our Western neighbours - would have had far fewer doubts. After the March catastrophe at the Japanese nuclear reactor in Fukushima, however, some of the states that had until now produced most of their energy from nuclear sources have buckled under public pressure and opted to revamp their energy policies. The most glaring example in Europe is Germany, which now wants to close all of its nuclear plants by 2023. ... It has every right to do so, but Germany cannot be allowed to determine the path that other countries take."
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Attract auto suppliers to Poland
The Warsaw-based car factory FSO stopped production on Wednesday after its principal customer General Motors withdrew its business. Poland must put more effort into attracting the business of car parts suppliers, writes the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita: "What good does it do for Polish workers to keep supplying relatively cheap labour when international businesses invest most of their money in countries to the south like Hungary or Romania? And what good does it do us for the bosses of these companies (like Fiat) to praise Polish plants to the skies when right after that they announce the construction of new mega-plants in Italy? The car industry is undergoing a transformation. And for that reason second-tier companies - the suppliers of parts and components - play an increasingly large role. The same can be seen here. As long as we don't have a chance of attracting large, prestigious investments, we should concentrate on winning smaller ones."
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Poland's energy future is green
Europe's second-largest biogas plant is to be constructed in Poland. The project in the southern Polish city of Szczytna is part of a national investment programme for renewable energies. This kind of power is the energy of the future in Poland, writes the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita: "Our energy may be traditionally based on coal, but this is changing quickly. The investors have already announced the astronomic sum of 80 billion zloty [20 billion euros] for the construction of wind parks. And almost 10 billion zloty [2.5 billion euro] are to by gobbled up by biogas plants. The plans of companies for biogas are becoming increasingly bold. You can obtain funding to subsidise such projects from both the EU fund and from government programmes. This will certainly encourage potential investors to become active."
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Polish companies for bargain prices
The global economic crisis is facilitating the acquisition of Polish companies, writes the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita: "According to prevailing opinion a crisis is the best time for mergers and takeovers. The prices for companies have fallen considerably and the bosses and owners of struggling companies are more inclined to talk to potential investors. At the same time each company thinks five times about making a binding offers and the possibilities for financing huge transactions are heavily restricted by the banks. Nonetheless, more and more companies reach the conclusion that cooperation with international companies can be useful to them."
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