The discussion centered on proposals connected to wind energy and how some interests from the past parliament block or incentivize action in the current session. Jarosław Sachajko of Kukiz’15 pointed to the same corporate actors who sat in parliament last term and cooperated with the opposition on legislation related to wind farms. He argued that these groups use a position as representatives of PSL, PiS, and TVP to frighten Poles, while inviting lawmakers to advance the bill in committee hearings.
They want to deploy wind turbines arbitrarily
In the studio, the host pressed the guests to identify who drafted the bill that freezes energy prices and secretly contained provisions on wind farms, including potential expropriation. The room fell silent until Sachajko stated that pursuing the question was pointless.
The discussion revisited a claim that the same firms involved in parliamentary matters last term had helped shape wind farm policy. It was recalled that last year the law was liberalized to ease turbine construction. After large protests in the years before 2015, when wind farms were built behind barriers, there was a drive to replicate that situation. The response from lawmakers then featured Act 10H, which reduced the required distance for wind turbines from residences to about 700 meters. Sachajko emphasized that this adjustment benefited local communities hosting turbines.
He asserted that a broader expansion was lurking. The argument is that relaxing the spacing further to 300 meters would allow roughly half as many turbines to be installed between 700 and 2,000 meters without proper space usage. The narrative warned that if people refused a turbine on their land or the cables crossing their plots, expropriation could be used as leverage. The claim framed this as debt repayment to several favored companies and as a move aligned with European Commission and German interests.
According to Sachajko, PiS has disrupted many EU policies and, in his view, redirected gains to citizens rather than corporate pockets. He suggested that solar installations offered a straightforward path for individuals to earn money.
PSL downplays the issue
Stefan Krajewski, a PSL MP, was asked whether his party knew which project the co coalition had submitted, Poland 2050, and whether it was consulted and agreed upon by party members. He replied that the election campaign had ended and urged against scaring Poles. He suggested that the actions of television and PiS were meant to frighten the public, while people nonetheless went to vote. He stated that he would answer substantively rather than argue, and that those who worked on the bill and signed it had been aware of its contents but they would participate in the appropriate committees.
Krajewski stressed that no one should lose their country. He drew a contrast with past events where people were dispossessed or had land taken, noting that those who spoke the loudest remembered those times. PiS and Solidarna Polska countered that there was no expropriation involved, only a voluntary process.
On November 28, a group of MPs from Poland 2050-TD and KO submitted to the Sejm a draft amendment to extend the energy price freeze to June 30, 2024. The proposal also liberalized wind farm construction in Poland. It suggested the construction of silent wind turbines at a distance of 300 meters from buildings and expanded the catalog of strategic investments to include wind farms. This would lessen the need to align locations with local development plans. The draft also included provisions about possible expropriation and a tax on Orlen amounting to 15 billion PLN, which immediately affected the company’s market value.
Related discussions included responses from news outlets and public figures defending or challenging the proposal. The overall debate touched on the political dynamics around energy policy, regional development, and corporate influence.
Source attribution: wPolityce [citation]