Insurance: questions raised in EU over Poland's treatment of foreign investors

Responding to a motion by the Netherlands, concerned about the way Poland is dealing with the insurance holding Eureko, the Council of the European Union launched an investigation into Poland's treatment of foreign investors. "The Commission said it will closely monitor Poland's commitments in its relations with foreign investors, particularly to see if it discriminates against foreign investors in privatization, and will prepare a report on the matter by June," reads the official statement made upon completing the chapter on the free flow of capital. While the commission declared it is not taking sides in the conflict between Eureko and the Polish government, the Netherlands insisted on starting Council's intervention in the PZU privatization affair. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1; Reuters) M.K.