Szymański: Poland will discuss joining euro zone once its stable

Asked whether this was a good time to start a debate on Poland joining the euro zone, Konrad Szymański, minister in charge of European affairs, said that it's “not in a hurry” to do so. “The key criterion is the predictability of the system, the stability of the economic and monetary union and integration into a system that has well-described economic interests, rather than the mistaken notions of a country's political position in the euro area and outside the euro area,” Szymański said at the Reuters CEE Investment Summit. “The only problem we see that must be solved is the preservation of the freedom of the single market in everything that is planned for the euro area,” he explained. According to recent polls, more than two-thirds of Poles oppose joining the euro zone.