EU budget - not the best offer for Poland but it could be worse

The budget plan, that will be voted on during the next EU summit in June, is known as the "Luxemburg compromise", and is based on premise that Great Britain will resign from the UK rebate discount in the EU budget contribution. Among the changes regarding Poland are: the introduction of a 4% GDP threshold as a maximum level of support from the Cohesion Fund, changes in the way of calculating this support and cuts in the funds for the development of the rural areas. Rzeczpospolita argues that if this budget plan is not accepted, Poland is unlikely to negotiate a better one. (Rzeczpospolita p. B2) M.G.