Poland at a glance

Surface area: 312 690 km²
Population: 38 130 302 (Eurostat 2009)
Joined the European Union: 1 May 2004
Currency: zloty (PLN)

Euro information

Status: Poland is not yet a member of the euro area. The zloty is not yet within the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II).

Exchange rate: The current euro to zloty foreign exchange reference rate can be consulted on the website of the European Central Bank (updated daily).

Adoption of the euro: Poland does not have a target date to adopt the euro, but aims to do so as soon as possible. Adopting the euro is one of the top priorities of the Polish government.

Documents and publications:

• Report on full membership of the Republic of Poland in the third stage of the EMU (National Bank of Poland), October 2009
• Prerequisites for Implementation of the Next Stages of the Road Map for Euro Adoption in Poland – executive summary (Ministry of Finance), April 2009
• 2008 Convergence Report. COM(2008) 248 final, also published as European Economy, No. 3/2008 (European Commission)
• A report on the Costs and Benefits of Poland’s Adoption of the Euro (National Bank of Poland)
• Sixth report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro area. COM(2007) 756 final (European Commission)
• 2006 Convergence Report. COM(2006) 762 final, also published as European Economy, No. 1/2006 [2 MB] .(European Commission)

Opinion polls and surveys

• Flash Eurobarometer 214 (November 2007)
  Summary [17 KB]
• Flash Eurobarometer 207 (May 2007)
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• Flash Eurobarometer 191 (November 2006)
  Short summary [14 KB]
• Flash Eurobarometer 183 (June 2006)
• Flash Eurobarometer 175 (November 2005)
• Flash Eurobarometer 165b (October 2004)

Downloads

• 'Z euro w kieszeni' – Multimedia didactic material from the National Bank of Poland

Websites

Euro portals

• Euro portal of the National Bank of Poland

Institutions

• Pełnomocnik Rządu do Spraw Wprowadzenia Euro przez Rzeczpospolitą Polską (Government Plenipotentiary for Euro Adoption in Poland - Polish only)
• Narodowy Bank Polski(National Bank of Poland, also in English)
• Ministerstwo Finansów (Ministry of Finance of Poland, also in English)
• Urząd Komitetu Integracji Europejskiej (Office of the Committee for European Integration)

Business

• Euro Info Centresin Poland
• Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza (Polish Chamber of Commerce)

Consumers

• Stowarzyszenie Konsumentów Polskich (Association of Polish Consumers)