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Potential September Cabinet Reshuffle on the Cards, Public Sector Unions Threaten Strikes

POLAND

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  • Cabinet Reshuffle: Poland expects to appoint a new Development and Technology Minister to end-September at the latest.
    • Marcin Ociepa is a potential candidate, once closely connected with ex-junior coalitionist Porozumienie leader Gowin and currently serving as deputy Defense Minister.
    • Post-vacation reshuffle may include replacing Interior Minister Kaminski and Environment Minister Kurtyka
  • Govt reportedly gave a "constructive" response to the EC in the recently sent stance on further fate of the contested Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court.
    • EC will accordingly take a few weeks to analyze the response, which means govt managed to buy time in the sensitive issue
  • Public sector employees are preparing mass protests for September if government fails to offer a 12% wage hike for half a million persons employed in the sector, unions warn
  • Poland's Finance Ministry expects to see GDP growth on levels closer to 5% in 2021-2022 in new, yet to be released forecasts - ministry's chief economist.
    • "Forecasts are better [than the spring ones], they forecast definitely higher economic growth"
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