Minister of Environmental Protection delaying important EU documentation

Minister of Environmental Protection Antoni Tokarczuk has announced that the deadline for submission to the European Commission (EC) of important documents influencing Poland’s negotiations with the EU will be delayed by over one month. The deadline was initially set by Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek during a meeting in Brussels attended by EC chief Roman Prodi. Minister Tokarczuk said that in Poland’s new negotiation position „we will reduce both the number and length of transition periods for which we applied at the beginning of negotiations.” (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.21) M.T.