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Walewska, Danuta
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Polish government must entice carmakers
According to sources of the daily Rzeczpospolita, the US carmaker General Motors will produce the Chevrolet Cruze model at its Polish factory in Gliwice. Nevertheless the Polish government does too little to attract investors, writes the conservative daily: "In a populist move it introduced a consumption tax for cars with engines over two litres even though such engines are produced in Poland. It has clearly been quicker to introduce speed limits than to do road repair. ... For that reason the employees of the Polish car factories must be thanked for having made a name for themselves as the best and most efficient workers in Europe. And for ensuring that the quality of the cars that come from our factories remains very high. ... Poland has already lost some investments in the car sector, including a Toyota factory. Those countries have won out whose policies were more enticing for investors in this sector ."
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More from the press review on the subject » Corporations, » Industry, » Poland, » U.S., » Global
Russia needs economic reforms
The Russian economy is entirely dependent on the raw materials and energy sectors. Of the country's 20 most profitable companies, 12 come from these sectors, Russian business magazine Finans reports. It's high time Russia realigned its economy, the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita writes: "During the crises Brazil, China and India proved that they are able to carry out reforms even under the toughest conditions. They used the crisis to modernise their economies because everything is cheaper in times of economic downturn. The Russians however stuck to their raw materials model in the hope that the next recovery would boost demand for those materials. But this model doesn't go far enough, if only for the fact that Moscow is using these raw materials as a political weapon with the stubbornness of a madman."
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More from the press review on the subject » Economic Policy, » Russia
Model Fiat production in Poland
Italian carmaker Fiat wants to transfer production of its Fiat Panda model from Poland to a plant in southern Italy and introduce longer working hours there to match those in Poland. This approach should be a model for other Western companies, finds Danuta Walewska in the blog of the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita: "This will really revolutionise the Italian labour market. And that's exactly what Fiat wants. Thus begins the restructuring that should also be carried out in the Italian company's other plants. The goal is to reach the standards that have just been developed in the Polish plants. [Statistically] the Polish employees produce the highest number of high-quality vehicles per capita. This gives Fiat the chance to show the way for other companies from Western Europe, who are struggling with dwindling competitiveness. One of the reasons for this is namely their effective but very expensive workforce."
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More from the press review on the subject » Corporations, » Poland
The European Commission plans to liberalise energy market
Danuta Walewska applauds the European Commission's initiative: "If all goes according to plan for the Commission, Europeans will pay less for their electricity and supplies will be more secure... The Russian energy giant Gazprom or Algeria' Sonatrach wouldn't be allowed to acquire gas pipelines within the EU. Moreover, the construction of the controversial Baltic Sea pipeline running from Russia to Germany would also be called into question, because Gazprom would be co-owner of the pipeline while supply the gas at the same time. The Commission hopes to make this illegal. The Russian giant would be deprived of the possibility of blackmailing others by threatening to cut off gas supplies because the supply tap would belong to someone else."
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