The new government is likely to lend a large financial helping hand to PKP

The project is a continuation of the ongoing reform, but at the same time is quite revolutionary in the fact that it envisages a real, and not just symbolic, engagement on the part of the state. "The rail carrier requires the intervention of the state. Left on its own, PKP will pull down the whole economy," said Krzysztof Tchórzewski from PiS. According to him, the country should increase the financial help for PKP from the current z³.2.7 billion to at least z³.3.9 billion a year. Experts believe that the government should assist PKP to get rid of its debts as quickly as possible. "The Treasury should take over z³.5.9 billion of PKP's long-term debts. These debts are secured with shares in companies from the PKP group" said Tchórzewski, who also estimates that the Treasury would later regain z³.7.9 billion from the privatization of PKP's subsidiaries. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) A.F.