Warsaw- Polish President Lech Kaczynski hosted a summit Wednesday on the economic crisis with Prime Minister Donald Tusk and a slew of labour and economy officials.

It was a rare meeting on the issue between Kaczynski and Tusk, who are at odds on how Poland should deal with the crisis and whether adopting the euro would help.

Tusk has said Poland would work to adopt the euro by 2012 and the financial crisis gave the country more reasons to join the
15-member area.

But the plan has come under fire from Kaczynski, who says joining the single currency framework's ERM-2 (Exchange Rate Mechanism) now could make the crisis worse.

The meeting, held behind closed doors at the presidential palace, included ministers, trade union representatives, employers and bankers.

The summit comes as Poland is getting ready in March to launch official talks on joining ERM-2, the precursory stage for adopting the euro. (dpa)