European Integration Committee head pleased with accession effort this year

European Integration Committee (KIE) head Jacek Saryusz-Wolski said yesterday that Poland did a lot this year to join European Union (EU) as soon as possible. He mentioned Poland's success at the EU summit in Nice, when after a telephone intervention of Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, it was granted the same number of votes in the future EU Council as Spain. According to Saryusz-Wolski, Poland used the transition funds from the EU better than other countries of the region. That was the reason why the European Commission decided to grant Poland additional money. This year Poland had received euro 24 per capita in EU aid, while the Czech Republic got euro 17 and Hungary euro 22. Saryusz-Wolski is also very pleased with the efforts of the government and Parliament to adapt Polish law to EU regulations. (Zycie, p.4) A.D.