The nature of EU subsidies could prove explosive for the government

Jozef Oleksy, the head of the Sejm European Commission, does not rule out that a major conflict might arise between the government and the European Commission concerning EU subsidies for agriculture. According to one of the regulations in the Accession Treaty, farmers are to receive part of the subsidies in a simplified system, depending on the farm's acreage, and part in a standard system depending on the type of farm and its production capacity. However, the Prime Minister claimed that before the Copenhagen summit it was established that the subsidies would be paid exclusively in the simplified system. Oleksy states that the EU declared a new standpoint, which was not mentioned during the negotiations. He hopes that the conflict will be resolved, if not the government will not be able to accept the proposal. (www.polskieradio.pl) A.C.