Germany needs skilled Polish workers

Although German mayors have no doubt that their government will maintain the initial two-year transition period for Polish workers, they hope for exceptions in cases of some professions. For example, Saxony's minister for EU, Stanislaw Tillich, says that in his region there is a shortage of skilled workers and IT experts, with Germans who are unemployed usually possessing other skills. In addition, German mayors would also like regulations to be changed so as to allow Poles to live in uninhabited buildings, the number of which is rising in East Germany, as an increasing number of people are heading West in search of jobs. (Gazeta Wyborcza, April 24-25, p. 32) T.J.