Kopacz: I will solve the mining crisis, regardless of the costs

"My aim is to fix the situation in the Polish mining industry from start to finish, regardless of the political price I will have to pay," said Ewa Kopacz, Poland's Prime Minister, in an interview with Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. The proposition made to the miners includes "miners’ leaves," severance pay and job offers in the mines, which will become part of a new company. It indicates that the objective of the reform is to remedy the situation in mining and not its closure, according to the PM. "The new company would be fueled by the consolidated energy sector as the Ministry of the State Treasury wants to merge small energy companies into a large corporation, which will become the company's partner," said Kopacz. Under the government plan four mines belonging to Kompania Węglowa are to be closed, 6,000 employees are to be transferred and around 5,200 people will lose their jobs.