Poland asks private sector to chip in to EU infrastructure fund
PR dla Zagranicy
Aleksander Nowacki
10.03.2015 17:25
Poland may chip in to the EU’s infrastructure investment fund via the state-owned bank BGK, Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek said on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek Photo: PR/Wojciech Kusiński
Poland is yet to decide on potential involvement in the fund, proposed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as an economic stimulus, Szczurek said.
Speaking after the meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels to set up the EUR 21 billion European Strategic Investment Fund (ESIF), Szczurek called on Polish firms and local-government authorities to look for ways to advantage of the new instruments.
It is “quite likely” that Poland will participate, setting up a national coordination centre, administered by Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK).
Only four countries have to date declared their desire to co-finance the fund, which is supposed to stimulate nearly EUR 300 billion in private-sector investment. (an)
Source: PAP