Our state budget is in an increasingly difficult situation, and ordinary Poles are suffering, said PiS MP Zbigniew Kuźmiuk. MP Olga Semeniuk-Patkowska, in turn, criticized the lack of action by the government’s plenipotentiary to eliminate the consequences of the flood. Households and businesses are waiting for real help, she says.
PiS MPs raised various topics during the press conference. Kuźmiuk assessed that “we have an increasingly difficult situation in terms of the state budget, which obviously translates into an increasingly difficult financial situation of Poles.”
One of the government’s first austerity decisions – despite the announcement that nothing would be taken away – was the reduction of the 14th pension by almost PLN 900. This resulted in the elimination of more than a million pensioners from this benefit – because a zloty-for-zloty principle applies
– he said.
According to him, the Minister of Finance, although reluctantly, is increasingly giving in to this dramatic budget situation.
When justifying the 2025 budget, he admitted that this year’s budget will miss PLN 41 billion in budget revenues.
– added the PiS-MP.
Budget change
Finance Minister Andrzej Domański announced at the European Congress of New Ideas in Sopot that the Ministry of Finance is very close to deciding on a possible amendment to this year’s budget.
Not yet (no decision on the amendment – PAP), but we are very, very close. We have additional information on September budget implementation; The flood situation and the need to provide funding to local authorities this year clearly increases the likelihood of a change. The decision has not yet been made
– said Domanski. He points out that the realization of revenues from VAT, VAT and CO2 emission allowances is lower than planned.
Reconstruction after the flood
At a press conference, MP Semeniuk-Patkowska raised the issue of reconstruction after the flood that hit southern Poland.
A few weeks ago, Marcin Kierwiński became minister and plenipotentiary for the reconstruction of the southern part of Poland after the flood. It may seem that we have someone to turn to with critical issues. Unfortunately, it turned out that, apart from improving the image of Minister Kierwiński, nothing good is happening among entrepreneurs in the southern part of Poland, and this crisis is growing.
– she assessed.
She added that so far, according to information from the Ministry of Development and Technology, only 130 companies have submitted complete documentation to ZUS as part of the designed and prepared investment fund. The PiS MP ruled that this investment fund does not meet the needs of entrepreneurs.
Aid per employee is assumed up to PLN 16,000. PLN gross. These are not the expectations of small and medium-sized businesses
she said.
They are talking about PLN 20 billion for the reconstruction of the southern part of Poland. Today we see that the specific reserve has been increased from PLN 2.2 billion to PLN 3.2 billion. They talk about cohesion funds, they talk a lot about European funds, but these funds do not exist today. In the southern part of Poland, both individual households and businesses are waiting for real help
– said Semeniuk-Patkowska.
MP Janusz Kowalski, in turn, said that “energy costs, just as a result of the withdrawal from the anti-crisis shield introduced by the PiS government, which has been proven in recent years, have already increased by more than 35%, and taking into account the increase From January 1, 2025, the increases by Donald’s government Tusk, energy and heat prices will exceed 50%.
Donald Tusk is the Prime Minister of Polish Poverty. Donald Tusk is the Prime Minister of Poland’s energy poverty. Donald Tusk is the prime minister of high energy bills
– he said.
The MP added that PiS supported the citizens’ initiative “Stop Wage Increases”, which was signed by 140,000 people. Poland, but – he added – the project in question is stuck in the Sejm.
Increase in energy price
Until the end of June, electricity prices for eligible customers were frozen at PLN 412 per MWh, and gas prices at PLN 200.17 per MWh. Due to the fact that the energy shields expired on July 1, PiS MPs collected signatures for a citizens’ bill popularly called “Stop Price Rises”. The aim of the bill, which was submitted to the Sejm in June, was to keep gas and energy prices at pre-July 1 levels.
Currently, prices for electricity, natural gas and district heating are limited by the law adopted in May, which envisages the introduction of a maximum price for electricity in the period July-December 2024 at the level of PLN 500/MWh for households and at the level of 693 PLN/MWh for local government units, public utilities and small and medium-sized enterprises. Households are exempt from the capacity fee, which is intended to further limit the expected increase in electricity bills from July 1.
In the case of gas, from July 1, the law eliminates the price freeze for customers at a rate of PLN 200.17 per MWh and introduces a maximum price equal to the rate of the largest retailer – PGNiG
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Source: wPolityce
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