An environmental activist holds a banner as Greenpeace has called on Poland's conservative government to focus on its citizens' wellbeing and the environment rather than on the GDP growth as the coal-reliant economy looks to unfreeze after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in front of the Polish Prime Minister Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
WARSAW (Reuters) - Greenpeace has called on Poland's nationalist government to focus on citizens' wellbeing and the environment rather than on economic growth when it lifts its coal-reliant economy from lockdown.
Poland this week started to ease some of the restrictions it launched to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, saying it needs to put its economy back on a growth track. Before the pandemic, Poland's economic growth was one of the fastest in Europe, at 4.1% in 2019.
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