Poland

December 2005 | Risk Summary

A recent poll by the Warsaw-based Centre for Public Research shows public support for Poland’s new government has soared since it gained office. But with bold plans on corruption, budget deficit cuts and extending state economic intervention, the minority PiS government will need corresponding support in parliament. Continuing reliance is likely on populist parties, particularly the eurosceptic Self-Defence, which is keen to form a coalition. BMI predicts that while such a coalition is unlikely, PiS will still have to temper its pro-European policies, to the detriment of wider European

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