PiS wants to liquidate copper tax

Beata Szydło, a candiate for MP of Poland's main opposition party PiS, said in Lubin that she wants to abolish the mineral tax on silver and copper, which was introduced by the ruling Civic Platform (PO) in 2012 to tax Poland's copper mining giant KGHM. "[KGHM] is the jewel in the crown of the Polish economy. Companies like this should be promoted and not burdened like the government is doing," Szydło said. "If we were to form the next government, we will liquidate this unfair tax and will do everything we can to make sure that all income KGHM generates is invested in the development of the company," she added. Szydło said that her party has already prepared a draft bill to abolish the mineral tax.