New agency aimed at foreign investment comes under fire

The government plans to increase foreign investment by replacing its information agency with a more efficient organization. The cabinet wants to ditch the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ) for the Polish Economic Promotion Agency (PAPG). It is claimed that the new agency will be more flexible in adjusting to investors' needs. However, the scheme has come under fire by many who claim that PAPG's powers will not differ from its predecessors. For instance, it will not be able to establish special economic zones, which have proved to be one of the best ways of attracting foreign investors. The project has been defended by the Deputy Economy Minister Mirosław Zieliński who said, "This is the best project that we managed to come up with." (Parkiet, p. 7) A.F