PM kills rumors of Finance Minister's resignation

She was said to have threatened again to resign should her propositions to raise  taxes on artists be rejected by President Lech Kaczyński, who recently openly expressed his reservations to the idea. Rzeczpospolita quotes anonymous sources from Law and Justice (PiS) who said that Gilowska had had enough of attacks on her ideas on the reform of public finance. The rumor was immediately denied and the Prime Minister himself intervened publicly, but the market had already reacted to the speculation - the złoty depreciated and the Warsaw Stock Exchange dived by 2.4% at one point. Analysts perceive Gilowska as a guarantee of common sense in the area of public finance and her resignation would mark the beginning of a new, and unknown policy. (Gazeta Wyborcza, June 10-11, pp.1-3; Rzeczpospolita, June 10-11, pp.A1, B1; Dziennik, June 10-11, p.3; Puls Biznesu, p. 2) J.L.