Agreement remains in government coalition for the time being
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The Agreement Board at its meeting on Saturday did not decide to leave the government coalition. However, Jarosław Gowin's party will continue to remain in the United Right depending on PiS taking into account its postulates regarding the lex TVN act and regarding taxes and financing of local governments in the Polish Deal.
"The Management Board of the Agreement declares: we will not support tax changes, changes in the financing of local governments, and changes in the media law without taking into account our demands. We make our stay in the United Right dependent on this," Jan Strzeżek, deputy spokesman for the Agreement, wrote on Twitter.
"The Agreement – expressing full support for many program solutions of the Polish Deal, including the increase of the free quota that we have been postulating for years – does not agree to drastically increase taxes and levies for millions of hard-working Poles," the Agreement said in a statement to the media after the board meeting.
In the statement, politicians from Jarosław Gowin's formation also referred to the draft amendment to the media law prepared by PiS deputies.
"The Agreement – expressing its full support for the idea of organizing and securing the Polish media market – does not agree to the proposed changes to the Broadcasting Act, i.e. the so-called lex TVN," we read.
“The principles of freedom of the media drive potential investors away from Poland, and most of all they are attacking our alliance with the USA, which is the basic guarantee of Poland's security," the statement reads.
