MP Tomasz Trela in an interview with Polsat News emphasized that the meeting would be of a working nature. “It will be an informal council of ministers, because budgets and discussions are always shaped in this way,” he explained.
According to Trela MP One of the topics of conversations will be sugar tax and alcohol excise tax. As a representative of the left, he indicated that alcohol excise duty should be higher. “Alcohol is too easily available, and limiting access to it is one of the methods of fighting alcoholism,” he added.
PAP sources in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister emphasize that The meeting is not urgent and is planned in advancem. Similar consultations took place last year at the same time. Poland 2050 at the talks is to be represented by the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.
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On Thursday, the Ministry of Finance announced an increase in excise tax on alcoholic beverages by 15 percent. from January 1, 2026, and a year later by another 10 percent The ministry argues its decision with the GUS data, which indicates that as the increase in average salary, Poles can afford to buy more alcohol. The change aims to reduce alcohol consumption in the country.
However, President Karol Nawrocki does not agree to the increase in excise duty. As the head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Bogucki informed on Radio ZET, this opposition results from the promises made by the president during the election campaign.
Key budget assumptions for 2026.
In accordance with the assumptions adopted in June for the draft budget, The real growth of GDP in 2026 is to amount to 3.5 percent, and 3 % annual inflation. The nominal dynamics of the average gross salary in the national economy is to reach 6.7 percent, and unemployment recorded at the end of 2026 is to amount to 4.9 percent.
The forecasts also apply to employment – in the national economy it is to amount to about 11 million full -time jobs, of which 618.9 thous. in the state budget sphere.
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The government could adopt a draft budget act on 2026 on Tuesday, which would allow it to be sent to consult with the Council of Social Dialogue and then to the Sejm. However, a more likely scenario assumes that it will happen on Thursday, the day after the cabinet council convened by President Nawrocki.
We would like to remind you that in accordance with the budget procedure, the Ministry of Finance in August develops a preliminary budget project and provides it to the opinion of the Social Dialogue Council. The Council of Ministers has until September 30 to accept the final project and direct it to the Sejm. Then the budget act should go to the president within four months of handing over its project to parliament.
