A favorable EU budget could make Poland Europe's sixth economic power

Over this period, the average person's purchasing parity would increase from 46% to 58% of the EU average. At the same time, the figure for Germany would drop from 106% of the EU average to 103%. This would mean that Poland would follow the economic success of Spain. The draft budget supported by the European Commission would see net transfer of 3.79% of Poland's GNP each year. According to data from the Vienna Institute of Economic Studies, by 2013 Poland's GNP would increase by one-third to EUR 299 billion. This would mean that Poland could become the sixth most important economic power in the EU. Now it all depends on the structure of the new EU budget, which could result in structural funds of between EUR 57-62 billion flowing into Poland during 2007-2013.(Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) M.M.