President Bronisław Komorowski and PM Donald Tusk agreed after a Cabinet Council meeting that Poland should fulfil the euro adoption requirements by 2015, which is a more important goal than establishing an entry date.
The president stressed that it was important to gather support of all Poles for Poland's increased integration with the EU. Bronisław Komorowski said he would meet the management of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), the Monetary Policy Council (RPP) and political parties to discuss preparations for adopting the euro.
The prime minister argued that remaining outside the eurozone would be dangerous for Poland, and that it was the government's task to make Poland meet the criteria required for the adoption of the common currency.
The president said that the euro adoption criteria included inflation, interest rates and budget deficit, as well as the very important "parameters related to the rate of unemployment and (...) strengthening the competitiveness of the Polish economy". Mr Komorowski reiterated that meeting the criteria would make it possible to "make a political decision" on joining the eurozone after the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2015.
The president said that the "fully agreed" issues included the need to focus on fulfilling those Maastricht criteria which depended on Poland and were likely to be met as soon as possible.
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