Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

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Neil Mar 13, 08 - 4:25 PM	Euro and Poland Finance Minister: Poland may link to euro next year, adopt the currency in 2012 WARSAW, Poland: Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Wednesday that Poland could decide whether to link the zloty to the euro as early as next year with the aim of adopting it by 2012. But he warned that any such move was not yet a done deal and depended on several factors, including stemming inflation and getting Poland's fiscal deficit under control, he told a meeting of bankers in the capital, Warsaw. Any decision is also incumbent on a restoration of stability in world markets. "We don't rule out" entering the European Union's Exchange Rate Mechanism in 2009, "which means we could adopt the euro in 2012, but we aren't committing to that," Rostowski said. He said Poland's euro strategy "isn't aimed at delaying euro entry, but making sure entry is safe." Rostowski's remarks fleshed out what has emerged as a cautious approach by the government to adopting the 15-nation euro under the new government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk in a bid to avoid failed convergence efforts in the Baltics and Hungary. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/12/business/EU-FIN-ECO-Poland-Euro.php
Neil Mar 13th, 2008 - 4:31 PM	Re: Euro and Poland What does linking the Zloty to the Euro mean exactly? Same exchange rates?
Sosh Mar 13th, 2008 - 5:31 PM	Re: Euro and Poland A fixed PLN/EUR exchange rate, as far as I understand.
Another Ania Mar 13th, 2008 - 5:39 PM	Re: Euro and Poland It gets pegged at the exchange rate that exists at point of entry and then moves whenever the Euro moves
Neil Mar 13th, 2008 - 9:23 PM	Re: Euro and Poland Thank you both for the info

	Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else! Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password
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