KPO should restore competitiveness of Polish economy: PM
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The National Reconstruction Plan (KPO) is based on five pillars, the first of which is to restore the competitiveness of the Polish economy. Projects under this pillar are to lead to an increase in the efficiency and productivity of the economy, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
"This is what we care most about, that Poles earn more, that the work of Poles is as productive as possible," Morawiecki said.
"Therefore, the first group of projects – the one aimed at increasing the innovation, efficiency, and productivity of the Polish economy, is the first pillar of the National Reconstruction Plan. Already in this first part, we will allocate approximately PLN 20 billion in the shortest possible time,” the PM said.
Civic Coalition MP Katarzyna Lubnauer said in an interview with PAP that the government had prepared a KPO mobilized by the opposition's calls, but – as she assessed – the hastily prepared document contains a lot of generalities.
According to her, the KPO included the same promises that the government made earlier in the Responsible Development Strategy, and which were not implemented by 2020.
"I understand that the KPO is a project that is yet to be consulted. But, for example, it contains a reference to the Medical Fund, which after all was created under the president's project. I have the impression that this is the path to finance the Medical Fund from EU funds," the KO deputy said.
She indicated that the KPO also included an item regarding the purchase and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines from European funds.
