No. 1 in the EU

Let me be allowed to say how happy I am to present this May number of "Eurobuild Poland", the more so that despite the number 5 (73) displayed on its cover it is the first number of the magazine published in the European Union. Poland's appearance in the EU is an enormously important event for the construction and real estate market, but you would be very wrong to expect immediate effects in the shape of an invasion of office, shopping centre and warehouse space tenants. And no one should count on a flood of money offered by banks and European funds. What everyone is looking for, indeed fervently expecting, is the credibility and stability which will result from our becoming an EU member of the same status as all the others. We are convinced this will translate into concrete effects in the shape of rising investments and economic growth - something which is bound to have a huge impact on the industry we serve. Ireland, to which Poland frequently tends to refer, is the most obv