Poland is already NATO’s biggest relative defence spender, and its budget will rise again next year.
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Poland’s constitutional court rejects parts of 2025 state budget
The decision is likely to be ignored by the government, which does not recognise the Constitutional Tribunal’s legitimacy.
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Polish government announces new spending as growth boosts budget by 78.5bn zloty
Local government budgets will be boosted, as well as spending on healthcare, infrastructure and higher education.
“Polish Deal” tax reform to shrink state revenue by over 22 billion zloty, says finance ministry
The government will raise the tax-free allowance on income, introduce new child benefits, and offer subsidies for homebuyers.
Poland busts largest ever VAT fraud operation, which issued one billion zloty of fake invoices
The illegal operation sold fake invoices worth more than one billion zloty.
Poland’s post-pandemic tax cure may be a bitter pill
Maria Wilczek
PiS has financed lavish spending with a booming economy. Now it will need new sources of revenue.
EU budget deal a “mistake”, says Polish justice minister amid dispute in ruling coalition
The prime minister insists he has been successful in clinching a agreement that protects Poland’s interests.
Rule of law mechanism would be “fatal for EU”, Polish PM tells German newspaper
“That is how the Soviet system looked: fictional independence when in actual fact there was dependence, exploitation and neo-colonialism.”
“Poles won’t be taught democracy by impudent west Europeans,” says minister
“When we entered the European Union, we agreed on certain rules of the game,” said Michał Wójcik.
Polish PM likens EU rule-of-law mechanism to communism and repeats budget veto threat
“A European oligarchy that punishes the weaker is not the EU that we joined,” declared Mateusz Morawiecki.
Justice minister calls for Polish veto of EU budget over rule-of-law “enslavement”
Poland cannot accept a “radical reduction of sovereignty”, says Zbigniew Ziobro.
Poland to end tax relief on income earned abroad
The new rules come in place at the start of 2021.
Poland introduces surcharge on sugary and alcoholic drinks – but government denies it is a tax
The new levies are expected to bring in 3 billion zloty annually.
Poland set for record deficit of 109 billion zloty after planning for historic balanced budget
Income has been revised down by 37 billion zloty, while expenditure is up by 73 billion zloty.
