Citing forecasts by the European Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Morawiecki said the shape of Poland’s economy was a cause for envy abroad.
He added that hundreds of thousands had become unemployed in Spain and France. "In Poland, unemployment is rising very slightly," he said.
Poland’s labour ministry last week estimated that unemployment in the country rose to 6 percent in May amid the coronavirus crisis, from 5.8 percent in April and 5.4 percent in March.
Morawiecki also pointed to the help that Polish businesses were receiving from the government amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
"Eighty percent of companies receive (such support) within 24 to 36 hours. That is a lightning quick," he added.
Poland’s president at the end of March signed into effect a multibillion relief and stimulus package aiming to shore up the economy and shield it from the impact of the coronavirus.
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Source: PAP