Buzek in Sweden reports to EU with progress report on Polish environment

“If Poland and the European Union (EU) come to terms in the negotiations on environment protection, agriculture and free movement of labor, Sweden, which is currently holding EU presidency, will request the European Union to give the final date of Poland’s accession to EU,” said Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson after meeting with his Polish counterpart Jerzy Buzek in Stockholm yesterday. As reported by Buzek, Poland has already spent euro 2-2.5 billion annually to improve environmental standards. It will have to spent as much as euro 30-40 billion over 10 to15 years to meet EU standards.(Rzeczpospolita, p. A6; Reuters) A.Z.