Swedes unhappy with our dirt
The worst problem effecting Polish entry to the EU is its environment according to the results of a conversation yesterday between Premier Jerzy Buzek and his Swedish counterpart Goran Persson.
Environment minister Antoni Tokarczuk, pointed out that forty percent of the pollution from the Bełchatów power plant ends up in Sweden. Water is also a problem and Poland wants thirteen years to clean it up. The Swedes want it done a lot quicker.
The Swedes accept that Poles will be able to work in other countries on entry to the EU. Germany, however, wants a seven year transition period before allowing Poles, who have 15 percent unemployment, to work there freely.