CBOS survey shows Poles less keen on foreign capital

The number of Poles who favor the idea of foreign capital being invested in Poland is waning, according to a recent CBOS survey commissioned by the National Agency for Foreign Investment (PAIZ). While in 1995 as many as 76% of respondents said they supported foreign investments at home, only 63% approve of this today. Nonetheless, the majority of those surveyed this time around (55%) still believe that Poland would not be able to move forward economically without foreign capital. On the other hand, 75% of respondents said they see foreign investment in the country as the biggest threat to domestic companies' competitiveness. Also, 68% of those surveyed were most afraid of the prospect of foreigners purchasing land in Poland (68%). Conversely, foreign investors surveyed complained about, among others, Poland's opaque bureaucracy (73%), and cumbersome legal regulations (48%). (Prawo I Gospodarka, p.1,3) A.D.