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GPW SADevelopment funds minister wants to list Poland's central transportation hub CPK company
Poland's Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy wants to list Poland's central transportation hub CPK's company on the WSE, an issue of CPK bonds and to finance the construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant through State Treasury-owned companies in exchange for cheaper electricity, the minister wrote on X.
"Minister Lasek said that the CPK and high-speed rail system will cost PLN 131 billion. This is a good moment to return to the topic of how large investments in Poland are financed. Until now, we have automatically assumed that it is the role of the state, and only the state, to finance large development investments from the budget. The CPK and the nuclear power plant will burden our budget and thus increase our debt," she wrote.
"That is why I propose a new approach to public investments by involving private investors - by listing the CPK on the stock exchange or issuing CPK bonds. It is also worth involving state-owned companies in the construction of the nuclear power plant, as the Finns have done, in exchange for electricity at preferential prices in the future," she added.
According to her, this will allow development investments to be made, but with a much lower burden on public finances.
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