Unclear fate for Bio-fuels bill which will be examined by Senate today

In either case the bill will be returned to the lower house, the Sejm. Two senators from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) Jerzy Markowski and Labor Union (UP) Marek Balicki have placed rejection motions independently. "We are forcing the public to buy something without the opportunity to have any alternative. This bill has a ring of socialism to it and we want to have a free market," said Markowski. According to the draft, every liter of gasoline should contain at least 3.5% of bio-components. The first draft on bio-fuels was vetoed by the President last year, due to among others, inconsistency with EU regulations. Two large lobby groups are clashing over the bill, namely bio-components producers looking to make a large profit and fuel distributors not willing to carry out necessary investments that will be necessary if the bill becomes law. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, C1) M.M.