TVP and Polskie Radio to get PLN 1.26 bln from budget
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TVP and Polskie Radio will receive PLN 1.26 billion compensation from budget for subscription fees lost in 2018-19. On Friday Sejm accepted an amendment to the Subscription Fees Act after 220 Members of Parliament voted in favor of changes. There were 202 opponents, and 2 persons who abstained from voting.
Poland lacks "adequate, stable, predictable and long-term public financing of public media", the justification to the bill signed by PiS said. The compensation should be executed through the issue of Treasury securities.
A member of the opposition party the Union of European Democrats (UED) Michał Kamiński called the bill "the most expensive obscurity pushed to Poles".
Subscription fees for public media are not applicable to seniors over 75, people from first invalidity group, war veterans, unemployed and some other citizens.
