Jarosław Kaczyński against lowering the excise tax on fuels
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There is no indication that the PiS government is considering lowering the excise tax on fuels to reduce prices at the stations. On Saturday, this method was criticized by Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński.
"I do not think that this method is the best at the moment. Simply because in order to bring about changes in Poland, positive changes for the vast majority of society, and in fact for the whole society, it requires money, so I would not lower the excise tax," Kaczynski said.
"On the other hand, I would suggest that various types of economic entities limit their income expansion a bit," he added.
In 2011, Jarosław Kaczyński wanted the then Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to reduce the excise tax on fuels. The price of "95" was then PLN 5.26. The PiS president emphasized then that approx. 50 percent of the price of a liter of gasoline is tax.
At an increasing number of petrol stations, gasoline costs over PLN 6 today.
