Poland likely to conclude European Union (EU) accession talks in 2001

European Commission (EC) negotiator to Poland Francoise Gaudenzi, during an interview with the daily Rzeczpospolita, said that Poland has a chance to close all accession negotiations in 2001. But this could only happen if Poland was to scrap direct agricultural subsidies and modify some elements of its transition treaties. According to Gaudenzi, the EC will decide in the first months of 2001 how long Poland would be allowed to keep the ban on EU citizens buying land in the country. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1)