EU wants names of those getting funds made public

The authorities in Brussels want that the names of those receiving the funds and the transferred amount of money to them be made public. "We have to explain to the European tax payers how we are financing the Common Agricultural Policy and unity politics. There can be no suspicions," declared Siim Kallas, the EU Commissioner for administration, audit and anti-corruption. Poland will be the largest beneficiary of the EU structural funds and one of the largest of agricultural subsidies. Poland will receive a total sum of almost EUR90 billion between 2007-2013. Until now 11 member states have agreed to disclose the information concerning the final beneficiaries of the funds. Poland said that the final decision whether to support this idea will be made next month. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) A.K.