System finansowania programów operacyjnych w Polsce – implikacje dla stanu finansów publicznych

The article is devoted to the issue of financing of operational programs implemented in Poland in the European Union’s financial perspectives 2000–2006 and 2007–2013. Polish membership in the European Union gives the opportunity to obtain additional funds but the possibility of absorption involves costs which Poland has to bear. The author attempts to assess the way in which Poland’s adopted systems for operational programs implemented with the participation of EU structural funds influenced the state of the public finances. System solutions used in Poland have implications for two key measures of the state of public fi nances such that is public debt and budget deficit