Piechociński wants new ministry

A Ministry of Energy is to be established after the parliamentary elections this fall, regardless what political grouping wins, Poland's minister of the economy, Janusz Piechociński informed. The new ministry will be created based on the Ministry of the Treasury which is now in charge of restructurization of Polish mining, according to Piechociński. "We have launched a process which will lead to the establishment of the Ministry of Energy, after the elections, no matter what the results are," the minister said. It will engage in Poland's energy policy as well as commodity policy and activities regarding shale gas exploration, he added.