Poland looks set to follow its achievement of avoiding recession in 2009 by reporting the second-fastest growth in the European Union this year, beaten only by Slovakia. But economists are warning that even it could do with a dose of the austerity measures being adopted by some EU counterparts.
The centre-right Civic Platform-led coalition was credited with a sure-footed response to the financial crisis, though last year’s 1.7 per cent economic growth resulted, in part, from good fortune.
