Poland - Factors to Watch May 20

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20/05/2025 06:51

WARSAW, May 20 - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

If large urban centres are the core constituency of the liberal government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, then Sunday's presidential election first round showed him struggling against an anti-establishment pushback simmering throughout Europe.

GROWTH FORECASTS

The European Commission, another international institution, has lowered its forecast for the economic growth rate of the Polish economy in 2025 to 3.3% from 3.6%, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily reported.

DEBT

On Tuesday at 1300 the Ministry of Finance will publish the value of the offer for Thursday's bond auction. It previously reported that it could be in the range of 6-12 billion zlotys($1.59 billion - $3.18 billion).

ASBIS

Asbis ASBP.WA, a distribution company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has taken over a network of 12 Samsung stores operating in Poland, Puls Biznesu daily reported.

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 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)

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