Finland tries to cut EC costs at Poland's expense

This would mean that the EC could not employ any new personnel. "I think that this is related to the cheap country program which is currently being implemented in Finland. It is an attempt to show that administrative cuts in the country are accompanied by the same initiatives in the EU," said Civic Platform's (PO) Eurodeputy Janusz Lewandowski. According to Polish representatives in the European Commission, if the idea is pushed through this would have very negative consequences for Poland. They emphasis that the larger the number of Poles working in the Commission the easier it is to push through policies which benefit Poland. (Dziennik, p. 6) A.K.