The CenEA think tank recommends that, at a time of growing public debt, Poland should consider limiting benefits to less affluent recipients.
The CenEA think tank recommends that, at a time of growing public debt, Poland should consider limiting benefits to less affluent recipients.
Poland is already NATO’s biggest relative defence spender, and its budget will rise again next year.
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“Germany is blocking sanctions against Russia and the European Parliament votes in favour of sanctions for Poland,” says a PiS MP.
Local government budgets will be boosted, as well as spending on healthcare, infrastructure and higher education.
The government will raise the tax-free allowance on income, introduce new child benefits, and offer subsidies for homebuyers.
The illegal operation sold fake invoices worth more than one billion zloty.
Maria Wilczek
PiS has financed lavish spending with a booming economy. Now it will need new sources of revenue.
The prime minister insists he has been successful in clinching a agreement that protects Poland’s interests.
“That is how the Soviet system looked: fictional independence when in actual fact there was dependence, exploitation and neo-colonialism.”
“When we entered the European Union, we agreed on certain rules of the game,” said Michał Wójcik.
“A European oligarchy that punishes the weaker is not the EU that we joined,” declared Mateusz Morawiecki.
Poland cannot accept a “radical reduction of sovereignty”, says Zbigniew Ziobro.
The new rules come in place at the start of 2021.
The new levies are expected to bring in 3 billion zloty annually.