Poland not to adopt euro before 2010

Poland not to adopt euro before 2010

Poland does not plan to adopt the euro before 2010, Polish Finance Minister Zyta Gilowska said in an interview published on Friday.

"Poland cannot enter the eurozone before 2010. As an economist, I have always felt that 2011 is an achievable deadline," she said in the interview with daily Rzeczpospolita.

"But as finance minister I have to be wary of putting forward adate because that would mean a commitment on the part of the Polish government. And as things stand today, we cannot make a commitment. However, we intend to fulfill all the convergence criteria by 2009," Gilowska added.

Poland is the only new EU member that has yet to set a date forjoining the euro.