How Poland can survive negotiations with Brussels on the mining sector reform (ANALYSIS)

A lot has been written about the recent deal signed by the government and coal unions („Agreement Between the Government and the Inter-Union Protest and Strike Committee of the Silesian-Dąbrowski Region”). However, there is no wide-ranging, in-depth discussion on the possible scenarios for the upcoming negotiations with Brussels, which will be difficult. The goal of […]

Poland and United States made agreement on first Polish nuclear power plant

Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Poland’s Secretary of State for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski discussed the signing of the first Intergovernmental Agreement to cooperate on the development of Poland’s civil nuclear power program. This 30 year Agreement, the first of its kind, represents an enduring energy bond between the United States […]

Batory: The energy and gas market needs the right balance

According to Łukasz Batory, senior associate and legal advisor at Banasik, Woźniak and Co. law firm, while no exchange obligation and 100 percent exchange obligation are both bad solutions, liquidity could be achieved with an obligation between 10 and 30 percent. In his opinion, the right balance between security and competition has to be struck.

The deal with miners will collapse if Brussels says no

On Friday the government signed a deal with mining trade unions. The goal is to prepare ground for future talks on the details of shutting down Poland’s mining sector. The deal even includes the long-awaited deadline. However, meeting the demands may turn out very difficult. The European Commission decided that as of 2019 it would […]

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