Poland’s economic growth is being threatened by the mass exodus of workers to Germany and the UK, experts warn.
According to Sky News, Polish businesses are turning to neighbouring non-EU countries including Ukraine and Belarus, and as far as Bangladesh, in order to “fill vacancies in trades such as building, welding and lorry driving”.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
Today's political cartoons - April 21, 2024Cartoons Sunday's cartoons - devilish decrees, biblical blunders, and more
-
5 carefully selected cartoons about the Trump-Daniels jury selection processCartoons Artists take on a stress-free life, rare peers, and more
-
Loire Valley Lodges review: sleep, feast and revive in treetop luxuryThe Week Recommends Forest hideaway offers chance to relax and reset in Michelin key-winning comfort
-
The birth of the weekend: how workers won two days offThe Explainer Since the 1960s, there has been talk of a four-day-week, and post-pandemic work patterns have strengthened those calls
-
Geopolitics and the economy in 2024Talking Point The West is banking on a year of falling inflation. Don't rule out a shock
-
2023: the year of rising child laborThe Explainer Because of a tight job market, some employers broke rules to find cheap child labor
-
The nightmare before Christmas: is the party over for the office festive do?Talking Point Seasonal cheer and morale-boosting benefits under threat from economic woes and employee disinterest – or dread
-
US-led price cap on Russian oil 'almost completely circumvented'Speed Read 'Almost none' of seaborne crude oil from Moscow stayed below $60 per barrel limit imposed by G7 and EU last year
-
Mexico's Sinaloa cartel bans fentanyl, reportedly under pain of deathSpeed Read The top exporter of fentanyl to the U.S. is apparently looking to diversify as law enforcement turns up the heat
-
The threat posed by bonds to the global financial systemUnder The Radar The worst bear market in a century is unleashing huge strain on parts of the financial system
-
China: a superpower’s slumpThe Explainer After 40 years of explosive growth, China’s economy is now in deep distress — with no turnaround in sight
