PLN 2,079,764,000.00 is the proposed budget for the coming year for the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, led by Donald Tusk. During the campaign, opponents from the Civic Coalition criticized the previous government for spending on the Prime Minister’s Chancellery. As PiS MP Andrzej Śliwka notes on Platforma, these discussions have persisted into governance.
Budget for 2024
In the 2024 budget, the deficit is anticipated to reach PLN 184 billion. Expenditures are planned at PLN 866 billion, while revenues are projected at PLN 682 billion.
Even with such a sizable deficit, the new administration has not moved to cut certain expenses tied to the operation of core state institutions. The plan, aligned with the initial PiS proposal, allocates more than PLN 2 billion for the Prime Minister’s Office.
– Fakt noted a few days ago, recalling that Civic Coalition politicians had repeatedly criticized the prior government for spending on the Prime Minister’s Office.
The adage about a government feeding itself echoed in public debate. What about citizens and entrepreneurs?
– MP Mirosława Nykiel, speaking in the Sejm during the 2023 budget discussions, highlighted that PLN 1.5 billion was set aside for the Prime Minister’s Chancellery.
“Increased to record high”
Andrzej Śliwka, former deputy minister of state assets and current MP for Law and Justice, commented on the budget of Tusk’s office.
Remember the criticisms of Tusk and others over the former Prime Minister’s Chancellery budget? The budget for the next year reportedly rose to a record PLN 2.0 billion, a point raised in social media commentary and political dialogue.
– remarked in online posts. The PiS figure also noted that the government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, with its 26 constitutional ministers, forms the largest cabinet since 1989.
How will the more than PLN 2 billion be allocated by the Prime Minister’s Chancellery? PLN 1,335 million is planned for the activities of the Government Agency of Strategic Reserves. PLN 300 million is destined for maintaining institutions subordinate to the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, created during the previous administration, even though KO campaigned on dissolving them within 100 days.
In short, critics say the next government may continue to fund itself. This line of analysis is part of a broader political debate about a perceived lack of new quality in Polish politics, and about how different factions frame fiscal decisions for voters and businesses alike.
— Civic and parliamentary observers, archival records, and media coverage contribute to this ongoing discussion (Citations: wPolityce archive; Sejm.gov.pl records; Fakt.pl summaries).