Today's EU meeting will decided how close Poland is to joining euro zone

It is very probable that during the meeting of EU Finance Ministers beginning today in Brussels, Polish deputies will mange to force through a method of calculating the budget deficit which would be favorable for Poland. Meanwhile, it is the level of the deficit which is the main obstacle in Poland's date of joining the euro zone. If the decision is not in Poland's favor, then the government would have to decrease its annual expenditures by zł.11 billion, which is as much as the country devotes to defense or social aid. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) A.F.