As the Indian economic boom continues and Poland attains an important place in the European Union, a tourism boom riding on the back of a massive increase in bilateral trade of 43 percent in 2005 is on the anvil.

The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.

We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union.

The European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been neglected.

I interpret your question as applying more to financial stability in the euro area than to the euro itself. I do not think there has been a crisis. The euro is the single currency of 330 million people and enjoys a high degree of confidence among investors and savers because it has delivered price stability remarkably well over the last 11½ years. What we had was a situation in which a number of countries had not respected the Stability and Growth Pact. These countries have now engaged in policies of fiscal retrenchment that were overdue. They have to implement vigorously these policies which are decisive for the preservation and consolidation of financial stability in Europe.