Week in Review: Politics

The Treasury Ministry moved ahead with privatization of its power assets, narrowing the list of potential investors for two key utilities. The treasury said it would hold parallel talks to sell G-8 group, Poland's largest distributor, with a consortium led by Germany's E.ON and a local firm El-Dystrybucja, owned by private Kulczyk Holding and the Elektrim conglomerate. The ministry also shortlisted four international bidders for a stake in Warsaw-based STOEN distributor, including state-owned Electricité de France (EdF), Electrabel of Belgium, U.S. PSEG and Germany's RWE Plus. The two distributors between them supply around a quarter of Polish electricity.