RP.PL: WHAT WILL REMAIN OF EURO-ENTHUSIASM WHEN EU SUBSIDIES END?
In RP.pl, Mateusz Michnik, economic analyst at the Civil Development Forum (FOR) and part of the Epicenter network, argued that Poland needs a liberal form of euro-enthusiasm that defends EU membership while ceasing to treat the Union merely as a source of subsidies. Michnik stressed that the benefits of the Single Market far outweigh financial transfers and that Poland’s eventual status as a net contributor should be seen as a success. Drawing on Epicenter’s Alternative EU Budget report, he called for a smaller, more focused Multiannual Financial Framework prioritising the completion of the Single Market, competitiveness and the removal of barriers over redistribution and industrial policy that creates privileged interest groups.
