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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Varsovian Apr 7, 08 - 10:43 AM	EU money brings jobs In 2006 alone, EU money may have given the Polish economy an additional 1.24 percantage points in growth. In 2007, this might have been 1.71 points, according to an article from Gazeta Wyborcza. Since joint-financed programs were estabilished with EU funds, over 80 thousand projects with an aggregate value exceeding PLN 97 bln have been financed. About 61% of these projects have been completed. Their value stands at PLN 16 bln. Of this, PLN 7.7 bln came directly from EU funds. Fifty-six percent of the value of all the current projects are investments in infrastructure, 32.5% are related to manufacturing investments and 9.5% of projects are in relation to human resources. As a result of the structural funds alone, 319 thousand new jobs have been created in Poland (3/4 of these permanent jobs). EU money has been used to build or modernize 2,480 km of roads in the provinces, poviats and gminas, together with 2,262 km of new sewers. The EU has also funded the construction of 2,074 km of waterworks, 92 new sewage works, 57 water treatment plants and almost 6 thousand small agricultural sewage plants. Polish businessmen have also made use of EU funds - particularly small and medium sized firms. So far, PLN 11 bln in grants have been issued for investments in machines and equipment. A further PLN 4 bln is to be spent on consultancy and on development of a system for small loans and grants. Farmers have used EU money to buy 211,000 farm animals and 32,000 agricultural machines.
Johannes Apr 8th, 2008 - 12:36 AM	Re: EU money brings jobs It is hard now to find a Polish farmer who is not now in favor of the EU. Prior to EU membership the picture was quite different.
offbeat Apr 8th, 2008 - 9:34 AM	Re: EU money brings jobs What happens when the EU money stops or if and when the money has to be paid back, sure people are happy with the hand outs, but his is only short term.
Varsovian Apr 24th, 2008 - 11:15 AM	Re: EU money brings jobs But Offbeat, I for one will still be very happy with having a connection to mains sewers! Perhaps one day I might get a decent internet connection at home or (I'm crossing my fingers really hard now) a fixed telephone line (applied 1999, still hoping). I just love France Telecom/TPSA.
Sosh Apr 24th, 2008 - 4:42 PM	Re: EU money brings jobs Well hopefully the money will 'bootstrap' the economy. I don't think any of it has to be paid back.

	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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