Next four chapters of Poland-EU negotiations will be complete this year

There are still 20 out of 31 chapters to be settled. The slow pace of talks is the result of the slow adjustment of the Polish legal system and economic solutions to EU standards. According to Gaudenzi, more involvement by different social groups on the Polish side is necessary to halt the dwindling Polish support for EU membership. In related news, Polish coal exporter Weglokoks decided to withdraw from the British market in exchange for British coal producers' promise not to ask the EC for the imposition of antidumping taxes on Polish coal. (Rzeczpospolita, page B1)