Finance Minister appears lost for word in Sejm Committee

However, she apparently decided to keep most of her ideas to herself, as she refused to answer a number of questions, especially those concerning the increase of minimum wages and social benefits for the unemployed, and in other cases said hardly anything. Lubińska did not present any details concerning Poland's entry to the Euro zone. "By January 10 next year our country will present to EU a four-year convergence program, on which we are still working," she said. According to the Minister, the budget deficit reduction program prepared by the previous government is unreal and so her ministry is preparing a new one. Lubińska did not want to answer most questions concerning the government's monetary policy, claiming that as the Finance Minister she has little influence on it. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) A.F