Belka's support for Hausner gets the thumbs up from Fitch

"Belka has expressed his support for the Hausner plan...so it may be that this is the sort of darkest hour before the dawn, and the current period might mark... a turning point going forward," said David Riley, Fitch's managing director. Riley also described Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner's public spending cuts program as good and would be an important step forward for the country. Fitch currently gives Poland a BBB+ foreign currency rating with an outlook that is deemed positive. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 19) A.Z.