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January 12, 2018 www.intellinews.com
Poland's PiS
puts centrist
face forward as Morawiecki shakes
up cabinet
Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party car- ried out a major reshuffle of the government on January 9, replacing most controversial ministers with more moderate appointees.
The reshuffle appears to be an attempt by PiS to move the government to a more centrist position
Bulgaria to apply to enter Eurozone waiting room in first half of 2018
Denitsa Koseva in Sofia
Bulgaria will most likely apply to enter the Euro- zone’s waiting room, the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2), in the first half of 2018, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on January 11.
An application to enter the ERM2 during Bul- garia’s six-month presidency of the EU Council
The scope of the changes indicates Morawiecki has been allowed a lot of manoeuvring room by PiS’ chairman and de facto decision maker, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
ahead of three successive elections in the coming years. Getting rid of some of the most unpopular and contentious ministers could bolster the ruling party ahead of an important local election due in the autumn. The local election will be followed
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was already expected. In December, the country got a positive signal from Brussels that it might be accepted in the ERM2 as Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission’s Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, said that it would not be
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