Do you know that we have one of the highest at the moment, can I say the highest, economic growth in the European Union? Do you know that we have achieved it in a year and a half? – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk during Wednesday's speech. He emphasized that inflation has dropped from 18.4 to 4.1 percent over the past two years. He also added that the increase in wages was the highest in the history of the last 25 years.
– in 2023, I am talking all the time about the (last) year of the government PiS, inflation In February it was 18.4 percent. We have 4.1 percent today and it will be better. This inflation will fall, and inflation means expensive – said the prime minister in the Sejm.
– People will always want and rightly, I understand it, earn more than they earn. Finally, it is worth realizing that thanks to lower inflation and increases, and low unemployment, a real wage increase was 9.7 percent, 10 percent in 2024. It was the highest increase in wages in the history of the last 25 years – he added.
He emphasized that over the past two years the VAT gap has decreased by half. – In this 2023, the last year of your rule, this VAT gap was 13.5 percent. In 2024 it is 6.9 percent. We lifted the gap, or abuse by half – said the head of government.
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