The finance minister's predicament

Under pressure from Brussels, the Polish government must come to a decision in the coming weeks about the privatisation of Polish shipyards. The liberal news magazine Polityka comments on the predicament faced by the finance minister: either he can sell the shipyards for a pittance to foreign investors, or he can let them go bankrupt. "Either decision could see the finance minister arraigned before the supreme court, as the [conservative opposition party] PiS has announced. ... The minister's hands are tied not only by his narrow room for manoeuvre, but also by fear. Instead of threatening him, the [trade union] Solidarność and the PiS should redress their own errors, at least in part. Whatever the finance minister decides, his decision should be met with vociferous support, from both the opposition and the president. Because the dockyards should be saved, and not misused cynically as a political weapon for the umpteenth time."

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