Poland governor Belka's comments cause political storm

Conversation shows NBP governor called for finance minister to be replaced

Marek Belka at National Bank of Poland
Marek Belka

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) has accused a local news magazine Wprost of using "manipulation" to try and prove that NBP governor Marek Belka tried last year to wield political power, after the magazine published a recording of a dinner between Belka and interior minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz from July 2013.

During the conversation – which the NBP said in a statement centred on issues relating to security features of banknotes and coins – Belka bemoaned a lack of co-operation from then

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