FinMin prefers to ban trade only on one Sunday a month

Finance Minister Paweł Szałamacha said it would be preferable to introduce a trade ban only on the first Sunday of the month and then observe the effects for two years before making further decisions. A draft bill on a Sunday trade ban that is to be filed by the trade union NSZZ Solidarność with the Sejm on Friday envisages a penalty of up to two years imprisonment for breaking the ruling. Gas stations, flower shops, and bakeries (open until 1 PM), pharmacies and sole proprietorships will be excluded from the ban, according to the draft. Trade will also be allowed on the two consecutive Sundays before Christmas, the Sunday before Easter and the last Sundays of January, June, August and the first Sunday of July. Szałamacha added that the government hasn't yet decided whether it will support the project.