Polish administration not prepared for EU integration

The European Commission's General Director for European Union (EU) Exp ansion, Eneko Landaburu, said in Warsaw yesterday that the Polish government is not prepared for integration with the EU. Administrative problems include the inability to manage EU agricultural and regional subsidies. "Poland's administration must be able to cope with this before January 1, 2004," Landaburu stated. "We will do everything that we can to have negotiations with Poland completed by the end of 2002." Landaburu and Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz discussed the three most important financial n egotiation chapters, concerning EU subsidies for Polish agriculture, as well as support for Polish regions and Poland's contribution to the EU common budget. The official stand of the European Commission on these issues will be announced a week from now, which is why Landaburu avoided making de clarations on how much money Poland will receive after EU accession. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.Z.