Eureko wins legal battle and compensation over PZU

"The best solution for Poland would be to secure a settlement with Eureko. However, now the company has a favorable court verdict, it will expect much better conditions than the ones presented by Minister Jacek Socha in December last year," said a former privatization minister Janusz Lewandowski from the Civic Platform (PO). According to Prime Minister Marek Belka, it is now very important for the Polish government not to get tied down in the actual amount of compensation, as it would be difficult to conduct further negotiations afterwards. Although the deputy president of Eureko, Ernst Jansen, has already announced that over the next few months his company will submit its compensation claim to the Arbitration Court, he also stated that Eureko is ready to hold talks with the government concerning a possible settlement. (Parkiet, p. 1, Rzeczpospolita, August 27-28, pp. A1, B1) A.F.