The government adopted the “high” budget for 2026. Prime Minister: Nobody will be interested that we have a deficit
2025-08-28 14:35, act 201.2025-08-28 15:59
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2025-08-28 14:35
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The state budget for 2026 is groundbreaking but difficult; In the project “Everything is high” – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday before the government meeting. No more expensive – assured the head of government at the same time. – The government adopted a draft budget for 2026 – announced on Thursday on the platform of the 10th Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska -Nałęcz.
– This is a breakthrough budget. It is a record budget in many respects; We also do not hide that this is a difficult budget – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday before the government meeting.
He explained that at the Thursday meeting of the Council of Ministers, the only point is the draft budget for 2026.
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We were not afraid to propose such a budget construction, where everything is stripped to the max. The implementation of this budget will require precision and perfection, and the decisions that hide behind this budget will require courage and imagination to present it – said the prime minister.
He emphasized that this is the state budget, which “a civilization SKOK has been made in recent months.”
– We finally finally We say goodbye to Pisowska Drożyna, we arranged the state budget, where inflation is one of the lower in Europe – he said. – We achieved 3 percent inflation – he added.
Donald Tusk emphasized that until recently, because before the last parliamentary elections there were times when inflation was double -digit and when “everything was more expensive by a few percent of each month.”
– I emphasize with satisfaction that we have low inflation today with views of the future. And this is not our last word. We say goodbye to the path and say goodbye to stagnation – said Tusk.
He added that in the last year of Law and Justice rule, economic growth was 0.2 percent. – It was really enough to take power and give them into the hands of responsible people so that inflation drops to 3 percent, and economic growth increased to 3 percent. he added.
– Nobody will be interested that we have a deficit, high – too high deficit, that I would be happy – if the war continues to fight. We will not defend the Polish border with a low deficit, we will defend his Polish border with a Polish modern army. If we assume in this budget that we will spend PLN 200 billion on defense, it must cost it – said Donald Tusk.
He added that it would be better that “the deficit was lower, but we will not build a modern railway network with abstract statistics.” – We are in the process of building the most modern railway network in Europe – the head of government pointed out. And he added: “We will do it quickly. There is no day that Poles do not feel this promotion of our railways somewhere in Poland. But beloved, this is another PLN 100 billion – I am talking about all infrastructure expenses” – said Prime Minister Tusk.
The government has just adopted a budget draft at 2026.
This is a very good budget for housing policy.
PLN 5,000,000,000 for social construction. It's up to 2.5 times more than this year.
We are going according to the timetable
– Katarzyna Pełczyńska (@Kpelczynska) August 28, 2025
He thanked the Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański and his colleagues for “responsible guarding the security limit, but also for the courage to reach this border.”
– Because this is modern, flexible and imagination of public finance management. We are not afraid to reach a certain limit, but we also make sure that no one crosses this border – said Tusk. – We will not allow anyone to overdo it and blow up the state's financial security, because we calculated it almost to a zloty to keep it a safe limit. It is a very ambitious and safe Poland budget – he added.
According to the budget procedure, presented on the website of the Ministry of Finance, in August, the Ministry of Finance is to develop and send the government a preliminary draft budget, and then transfer it to the opinion of the Social Dialogue Council. The Council of Ministers has until September 30 this year to adopt the final draft budget for the next year and submitting it to the Sejm. According to the constitution, the budget should go to the president to signature within 4 months of the date of handing over the draft budget act to the Sejm. If this does not happen, the president may order shortening the term of office of the Sejm within 14 days. The Basic Law provides that the president signs the budget within 7 days.
Tusk: In the budget for 2026, PLN 200 billion for defense is a gigantic money, but we know what we are doing
According to the budget assumptions, PLN 200 billion will be spent on defense – Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. This is a gigantic money, but we know why, we do it – he emphasized. The prime minister added that the grim commentary on these decisions was the last Russian attack on Ukraine. The war is gaining momentum – he noted.
The Ukrainian authorities announced that in the Russian rocket and drone attack on the capital of Ukraine – Kiev, which took place on Wednesday to Thursday and Thursday morning at least 17 people, including children, were killed. About 40 people were injured. Hundreds of buildings were also damaged, numerous fires broke out, to which the aviation was engaged.
At the beginning of the Thursday meeting of the government, dedicated to the draft budget for 2026, the prime minister referred to this attack. He stated that no one would be interested in the fact that we had a high deficit if the war in Ukraine continues to roll. – We will not defend the Polish border. We will defend the Polish border with a modern, great army – said Tusk.
– If in this budget we assume that we spend on security, to defend PLN 200 billion, it must cost. These 200 billion is not an abstraction. This is a gigantic money. We know why we do it – the head of government emphasized.
According to him, the “gloomy commentary” to these decisions was even the last night in Ukraine. “The war, unfortunately, is gaining momentum. All the illusions of many world leaders that five matches are enough and the war will end only testify to the fact that they do not know Russia and do not know Vladimir Putin,” said Tusk.
He added that “this wand is rolling and will roll.” – And that's why we didn't hesitate and we will continue to do so, whether someone would like it or not. And we will continue to argue Poland and prepare the Polish state for every circumstance so that Poles can feel safe – said the head of government.
The Ukrainian air forces with a staff in Kiev reported that 598 Shahed shock drones and 31 rockets: aerobalist, ballistic and maneuvering drones used massive attacks. 563 drones were managed to donate or neutralize with electronic means. 26 rockets were also shot down – the air forces passed.
According to the Air Force, drones and rocket shells were recorded in 13 places, while in 26 places their shards fell to the ground. As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv, the headquarters of the European Union representative office and the European Investment Bank were also damaged. In addition, media headquarters, Radio Swoboda and the Ukrainian Truth portal suffered. The railway depot and the intercity express train wagons were also destroyed.
The Russians attacked Ukraine from late evening on Wednesday to the morning on Thursday. The air alarm, which was announced throughout the country, lasted over nine hours in Kiev. Mermaids, among others in the circuits at the border with Poland. It was the first such massive Russian attack on Ukraine for several weeks; At that time in the capital of Ukraine there was relative silence against the background of US efforts to lead to peace conversations between Kiev and Moscow.
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