Polish PM replaces finance minister as pushes stimulus plan

Poland's Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha arrives at a government meeting in Warsaw, Poland September 27, 2016. Picture taken on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo sacked her finance minister on Wednesday and gave the job to the influential economy minister, saying a reshuffle was needed to make a wide-reaching economic stimulus plan more effective.

Since winning an election last October, Szydlo's Law and Justice (PiS) party has pledged to spend billions of euros of private and public money to boost growth and wealth in Poland, while also giving the state more say in the economy.