UPDATE: Poland's PM proposes InPost's CEO to prepare deregulation measures for companies

"I do not imagine that this deregulation, which is supposed to free up space for Polish entrepreneurs, to be a clerical process only," Tusk said.

The Prime Minister suggested to Brzoska that the latter set up a team to prepare deregulation proposals at a fast pace.

"We urgently need to prepare acts to free up the economy," Tusk stressed.

"Challenge accepted!," the Prime Minister said, signalling that he had received an approval from Brzoska.

The CEO of InPost perceived Tusk's words as an invitation to dialogue.

"I see it as an invitation to entrepreneurs to dialogue. (...) If we manage to implement at least five of the twenty proposals - it will be a success for Polish entrepreneurs," Brzoska said.

InPost's CEO pointed out in an interview with journalists that, amid growing economic patriotism in the US, raising competitiveness is important.

"I treat this as a very constructive challenge (...) One thing I can say - many of these proposals of ours may not appeal to the Prime Minister, but it is important to raise them so that everyone can understand how important competitiveness is in today's changing world," Brzoska said.

"Because what we are seeing today, especially from the growing economic patriotism in the US, is that if we don't follow the path of best practices that we see in these types of changing economies, we will fail," he added.

Rafal Brzoska assessed that Polish entrepreneurs are currently stuck in the regulations imposed by the European Union.

"If we are stuck in regulation, in what Brussels is imposing on us, we will fail. I think that's clear to everyone, and I'm glad the Prime Minister has recognised that," he said.

Asked what was missing from the economic development strategy presented by the Prime Minister at the WSE on Monday, Brzoska said: "Concretes (...) I would like to see these elements that the finance minister spoke about transformed into concretes."

Poland's economic development and technology minister Krzysztof Paszyk told journalists that next week, the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers will take up a draft on deregulation measures for companies.

Asked about Prime Minister Donald Tusk's proposal made to Rafal Brzoska, Paszyk said: "I think the same, I have gone out in many places in the country to entrepreneurs with a proposal - let's write these next laws, next solutions to simplify economic law together because only with practitioners, with people who collide with the proverbial wall of bureaucracy can this be done most effectively and best."

"This is a direction that is as right as possible and about which we are all confident," he added.

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