In an interview on the program “Gravity”, the Minister of Finance explained how the government was dealing with the implementation of 100 specific tasks and focused on answering questions, for example about the amount of tax relief, Poland's accession to the eurozone and the value-added tax increase. . During his statement, Andrzej Domanski at one point stated that “we are almost at war.”
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Minister Domanski in a live interview with Polsat News He denied the words of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who stated that the current measures of the Donald Tusk government are aimed at bringing Poland into the eurozoneDespite clear popular opposition. “Poland does not meet the convergence criteria, which allow us to enter the eurozone. The discussion among economists continues. It is clear that President Kaczynski is trying to use this argument for the current cynical political game.” The head of the Ministry of Finance explained. Andrei Domansky.
The Minister of Finance on increasing the value-added tax: We are in a state of quasi-war
The Minister of Finance also commented on the return of the 5% value-added tax on food items, which will come into effect on April 1. “Once upon a time we had to go back to an increased VAT rate. There is no point in postponing it to “every day”. I am convinced that there will never be a better moment and that price increases will be moderate. There will be no jump in food prices” – confirmed Andrei Domansky.
Evaluating the implementation of the 100 electoral goals set, the Prime Minister admitted that the reason why this hypothesis cannot be implemented in the coming years is the level of budget expenditures resulting from the international situation and the serious threat to military security in our region.
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“We are almost at war. We have rapidly increasing military spending. In 2024, we will spend more than four percent of our GDP on defense (…) The amount of upcoming defense spending is really high. We are implementing the remaining 100 points, because let me remind you that we have increased it by 30%. Teacher salaries increased by 20 percent. “In the budget area, spending on health care has increased,” the Finance Minister said in an on-air interview.
