Poland to receive EUR 1.6 billion net from the EU

One of the reasons for this fact is the return of unused money from the 2003 EU budget, while another is the good pace of fulfilling projects financed from the pre-accession funds. Over the next few years the EU surplus of transfers is likely to continue to grow until it reaches EUR 10 billion annually. However, this is conditioned by the fact that the proposed budget draft for the following period will be accepted by the members. The Commissioner strongly opposed the idea of linking structural funds with harmonization of corporate tax as demanded by Germany and France. "The Commission must not do anything that would slow down the pace of levelling the development gaps between Poland and other EU members," said Schreyer. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.