Hello and welcome to Business Daily here on BBC World Service.

My name's Ed Butler and today I'm in Poland with the latest of our special series of programs here

looking at the challenges facing the European Union and some of its member states.

Poland's relations with the EU, well, they certainly are challenging.

Poland is often being taken advantage of. Poland should finally take a stance and should not

let the European Union exploit the country. I think the fight with Europe is a demonstration

by the government that it can do whatever they want.

I don't like to talk about politics because I see the internal war in Poland.

I can see it in my family even.

That's all to come on Business Daily from the BBC.

Yes, today I am coming to you live from the city of Posenan here in the west of Poland.

A bustling business centre of more than half a million people.

Right now we're in a cafe you can probably hear the music behind me.

Perch in the city's old centre.

Beautiful high classical buildings all around me spread over a massive central market square, complete with cobblestones.

A lovely picture, although it is absolutely freezing here today, so we've taken refuge inside.

Now, after the capital, Warsaw, Poznan, is Poland's richest city.

And that's got a lot to do with its position here, close to the German border and the wealth of Western Europe that lies beyond.

EU membership since 2004 has brought a huge economic benefit to Poland.

But for all of that, the Law and Justice Party, which rules here, has been kicking out at Brussels.

What it sees is an over-intrusive and overbearing European bureaucracy meddling in its affairs.

The first point of contention has been over the government's firing of the bosses of state media companies,

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