Entrepreneurs wait for money from the National Reconstruction Plan

The first countries received funds from the NRP for rebuilding their economies after lockdowns in August 2021. Poland has not even applied for their payment yet; this will happen after the Constitutional Tribunal decides on the legality of the Supreme Court amendment. According to entrepreneurs, this is causing a growing gap in competitiveness between companies in Poland and countries that benefit from reconstruction funds. They are therefore expecting positive decisions from the government in this area. Additionally, they are calling for fiscal spending restraint, simplification of procedures for employing workers from abroad, and the implementation of an effective pro-demographic program.

"Polish entrepreneurs have always been very creative, with a survival gene coded into their DNA, but this potential cannot be used to its limits, and this has been happening in Poland for many years," Dr. Łukasz Bernatowicz, President of the Business Centre Club Employers' Association and Chairman of the Social Dialogue Council, said.

"It is enough to mention the Polish Deal, which put Polish companies in a very difficult situation, before the pandemic came, followed by the war in Ukraine. The remedy for this bad situation was supposed to be the funds from the NRP. Deprived of them, Polish entrepreneurs, despite their extraordinary vitality, survival will, and creativity, are losing ground to their competitors from abroad, not only to those from the West but even to the Czech, Slovak, or Baltic countries with whom they have successfully competed until now. It is impossible to participate in a race when the competition gets a boost, and we run with our last strength,” he added.

(Newseria)