EU budget bonanza could see training schemes 1.1 million jobless Poles

The farther one goes from Warsaw, the more investment projects were proposed, with the largest number of projects submitted by Lubuskie and Podkarpackie voivodships. In total Polish communes submitted almost 5,000 projects, the majority of which concern the construction of new schools, hospitals and roads. If the projects are approved by Brussels, then communes will only have to cover 15% of all expenditures. More than 700 large enterprises submitted projects, but in the beginning only 16 of them will receive aid because of insufficient money designated for this purpose by the EU. If everything goes according to the schedule, then 1.1 million of people will benefit from EU-financed training programs, which should allow 300,000 unemployed to find jobs. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B3) M.M.