How much do you have to pay for the promises of Karol Nawrocki?
Karol Nawrocki became the winner of this year presidential elections. For a candidate PIS 50.89 percent voted voters – a total of over 10 million 600,000 people. Colliers experts calculated that the implementation of his election promises It will cost over PLN 50 billion a year. This is a considerable expense, especially considering the deficit planned for this year, which amounts to PLN 289 billion. The words of Karol Nawrocki can therefore cost us dearly.
What will we pay the most for?
Definitely the most expensive promise is broadly planned tax breaks, which Karol Nawrocki wrote, among others in the “tax contract”. He announced during the campaign, among others Introduction of zero PIT for families with two children, what it would generate approx. PLN 29 billion in public finance expenditure. He also announced the liquidation “beam tax” – an additional PLN 11 billion, VAT reduction from 23 % to 22 % – Cost PLN 15 billion and raising the second tax threshold to PLN 140,000, which would cost PLN 8.5 billion. In addition, he promised to restore zero VAT to food, which would mean additional burden on the budget. The draft laws in these matters Karol Nawrocki is to submit the first day of office, i.e. August 6, 2025.
More promises of Karol Nawrocki
In the campaign, President Elek also promised to change the method of valorisation. “Valorization of pensions at least PLN 150 or more and always above the inflation indicator” – he promised. This would cost PLN 6-7 billion, and he undertook to maintain the fourteenth pension, which generates an additional cost of a similar amount. “Added to this are ambitious infrastructure investments, the most important of which – Central Communication Port (CPK) – It will consume around PLN 131.7 billion in the coming years (on average PLN 16.5 billion annually until 2032) “” – we read in the Colliers report.
The economy threatened with the promises of Nawrocki
The report includes that the implementation of these proposals without radical cuts in other expenses may result in exceeding the threshold of 65 percent GDP in public debt in 2026. And without this, since 2022, the debt of the government and local government sector increased from 48.8 percent. up to 55.3 percent GDP. “Determining fiscal indicators can negatively affect Poland's investment attractiveness,” they warn.
Read also: “The views of Karol Nawrocki. Which he promised in the campaign “.
Sources: “Karol Nawrocki by president – what awaits the Polish economy?“, IAR