Poland - Factors to Watch May 9
09/05/2025 07:09
WARSAW, May 9 - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): POLISH-FRENCH TREATY The Treaty of Cooperation and Friendship between Poland and France will be signed on Friday. It will cover key areas such as security and defense, economy, energy transformation, and scientific and cultural exchange, the government press office said on Thursday. INTEREST RATES The fact that Poland's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) cut interest rates in May does not mean the beginning of a cycle of monetary policy easing, central bank Governor Adam Glapinski said on Thursday. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The candidate of Poland's ruling Civic Coalition (KO), Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, is in the lead ahead of a May 18 presidential election with support of 32.26%, according to a Pollster poll for Super Express daily published on Thursday. Karol Nawrocki, the candidate supported by Poland's main opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), has 22.7% support. He is followed by the far-right Confederation party candidate Slawomir Mentzen with 13.58%. CD PROJEKT Piotr Nielubowicz, Member of the Management Board of CD Projekt CDR.WA, a Polish computer game producer, said that currently the closest to the premiere is Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for the new Nintendo Switch console, which will debut on June 5, Parkiet daily reported. ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.**** For other related news, double click on: Polish equities PL-E E.Europe equities .CEE Polish money PL-M Polish debt PL-D Eastern Europe EEU All emerging markets EMRG Hot stocks HOT Stock markets STX Market debt news DBT Forex news FRX For real-time index quotes, double click on: Warsaw WIG20 .WIG20 Budapest BUX .BUX Prague PX .PX (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau) ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com; tel. +48 22 6539700))