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What goes on in Poland on the 23rd of November.

On 30 November 2016, the European Commission published a draft legislative package called “Clean Energy for all Europeans” (popular name in the media: „Winter Package”). The document is more political than economic in nature, because it is primarily the legal implementation of the political guidelines contained in the European Council conclusions (Package 2030 of October […]

The issue of liberalization of gas exports from Russia has returned. Did Gazprom send a signal to the European Commission to convince it to Nord Stream 2? – Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl, wonders.

What goes on in Poland on the 10th of November.

To improve the functioning of the EU internal energy market and enhance solidarity between Member States, the Commission today proposed to amend the EU Gas Directive. It includes common rules for gas pipelines entering the European internal gas market, which can help to stop the Nord Stream 2 project. 

The negotiations on the shape of the EU ETS post-2021 are coming to an outcome and Central Europe Energy Partners wants to seize the momentum and underline that the energy transition should be pursued in a cost-effective manner and according to the technology neutrality principle. This will allow different market participants to find sustainable business […]

Liquidating the Ministry of Treasury symbolically ends a stage of Poland’s transformation period and allows a redefining of the role and meaning of companies with State Treasury shareholding in the Polish economy.

What goes on in Poland on the 23rd of October.

I have previously published Polish government’s documents, that concluded that controversial pipelines from Russia to Germany should be a subject to EU legislation. This may reduce its harmfulness for Central and Eastern Europe markets or even – in case of Nord Stream 2 – block the construction. Poles’ new opinion confirms it – writes Wojciech […]

What goes on in Poland on the 16th of October.