'Five pillars of the New Polish Deal and additional family allowance': Polish PM
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Mateusz Morawiecki presented the five pillars of the New Polish Deal at the convention. These are health protection (new sources of financing, 7 percent of GDP for health), tax cuts for 18 million Poles, tax-free pensions up to PLN 2,500, housing without own contribution, and investments that will generate 500,000 new jobs.
"We will abolish the admission limits to specialist doctors. To shorten the queues, this will be one of the basic goals. Our basic obligation is to increase spending on the health of Poles to the level of 7 percent of Poland's GDP within six years and to achieve a 6 percent level already within two years," Mateusz Morawiecki said.
"The tax-free amount of PLN 30,000 is a real tax revolution for 18 million Poles," he added.
As Jarosław Kaczyński announced, Law and Justice (PiS) is planning to raise the tax threshold from PLN 85,000 up to PLN 120,000.
In addition, a tax-free pension up to PLN 2,500 will be introduced.
“This means that for two-thirds of all pensioners in their pockets it will be possible to leave PLN 2 million net per year. This will at least slightly improve their fate,” the PM argued.
He announced PLN 12,000 for each family, for the second, third, and subsequent children, for flexible use between the 12-36 months of life. He added that the existing 500 plus benefits and Dobry Start (school layette amounting to PLN 300) will remain on the current terms.
Entrepreneurs will pay health contributions calculated on the same basis as for people working under an employment contract – it follows from the assumptions of the Polish Deal. During the presentation of the program, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński did not say it openly.
PiS also announces the liquidation of junk contracts. They will be covered by contributions to the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) and social welfare first and eventually to be abolished. One model of the employment contract will be created.
