Payout for long-term couples: The Senate Petitions Committee returned on December 3 to wash on a project that assumes payment financial reward for long-term couples. Marriages with 50 years of experience they would receive 5 thousand at one time zloty. Longer-married couples would receive PLN 500 for every five years Together. The Ministry of Family calculated that a one-off payment of such a benefit would cost money budget PLN 50 million.
What about widows and widowers? Senators unofficially say that there are serious problems doubts of a constitutional nature about the project. In such a case, how should we treat people whose spouse has died? It is also unclear what will happen to couples who have divorced. Divorces caused by a spouse who used domestic violence are particularly problematic.
An unfrozen project from the PiS era: The petition regarding an internship for married couples was submitted during the previous term of the Senate. However, the work stalled and has only now been resumed. KO senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski informed that the committee was waiting for a position Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy on this matter. However, he noted that the government's position on this issue is not binding.
Record number of medals: Today, couples who have been married for 50 years can count on… medals from the state. They present them on behalf of the head of state presidentsmayors and commune heads. Never before not as many medals were issued as in 2023, when they were awarded 80 thousand par.
You can read more about changes in benefits for seniors in the article: “Confusion over widow's pension. One word can change everything.”
Source: Fact