Poland to get €100 bln from EU

Poland will gain at least €100 billion from EU funds in the years 2014-2020, Gazeta Wyborcza reported. It will make the country one of the most profitable member states in the upcoming years. The money will be divided into structural and regional subsidies. The structural subsidy of €45.6 billion will encompass such matters as infrastructure and environment, education, development and digitization. The regional subsidy, on the other hand, will be directed to Poland’s voivodships, each gaining a different amount of money for their projects, e.g. the Silesian Voivodeship will be provided with €3.5 billion, the Mazowieckie Voivodeship with €2.1 billion. The total amount of the subsidy will be €31.1 billion. The aim will be supporting the businesses, education, employment, energy and transport. According to the president of the Polish Supreme Audit Office Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Poland has done well in terms of filing the subsidy declarations. However, Poland’s bureaucracy, despite decreasing, is still on a high level, impeding an effective management of the projects.