Breakthrough made in Polish agricultural trade talks with European Union

Polish and European Union (EU) negotiators are about to make a breakthrough in agriculture trade liberalization talks which resumed yesterday. "We have achieved significant progress in the talks but some issues still require negotiations," said Agriculture Minister Artur Balazs. The final agreement may be a matter of hours away. According to Helmut Stadler, the European Commission (EC) official in charge of agriculture, the talks will not fail because there is good will on both sides. Details of the talks have been embargoed. Farm issues are viewed as the main obstacle facing Poland's EU accession negotiations. (Rzeczpospolita, page B3)