The Minister of Finance presents the details of the budget act. “Poland is the fastest growing EU economy”
The budget deficit in the project at 2026 is planned for PLN 271.7 billion, and the GG sector deficit at 6.5 percent. GDP to -6.9 percent in 2025 – said the Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański. Net loan needs in 2026. The government assumes at PLN 422.87 billion in relation to the expected performance this year. PLN 300.5 billion.
On Thursday, the Council of Ministers adopted the draft budget for 2026. Minister Domański said that the forecast budget revenues next year are to amount to PLN 647 billion, and the budget expenditure limit was set at the level of PLN 918.9 billion.
Minister of Finance: The state budget deficit in 2026 will amount to PLN 271.7 billion
– When analyzing the debt, it should be noted that this position will be influenced by the KPO loan part, without which the debt would be 3.1 percent lower. Assuming the full use of the Deficit for 2026, the ratio of public public debt to GDP at the end of the year will be 53.8 percent, and the ratio of the PDP (public public debt) amount will be 52.6 percent. Of course, both of these items remain below the prevention threshold, included in the Public Finance Act. If we corrected these amounts by the KPO loan part, we are at the level of 49.5 percent. Domański said. – The expected account of debt according to the EU definition to GDP will amount to 66.8 percent. GDP at the end of 2026, after correction by the KPO loan part, it will be 63.7 percent. – the minister added.
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Domański: The budget project assumes investments of 8 percent higher than the many years of average
The draft budget adopted by the government on Thursday for 2026 assumes that investments will be an important factor in growth, their level is to be by 8 percent. higher than the long -term average – said the Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański.
As he emphasized at a press conference after a meeting of the Council of Ministers Domański, the project secured money for key infrastructure investments, such as the first nuclear power plant, CPK, important railway projects, such as modernization of line No. 201, among others to improve access to the port in Gdynia.
The government focuses on the development of the maritime economy – said Domański, exchanging PLN 2.4 billion for access infrastructure for the container terminal in Świnoujście or the FSRU terminal in Gdańsk, as well as for the construction of a water track to the port in Elbląg.
The government adopted the “high” budget for 2026. Prime Minister: Nobody will be interested that we have a deficit
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.
Domański with a budget for 2026: Priority security
– In the forecast for 2026 and in the Budget Act for 2026, security is also an absolute priority for us. This is why We allocate PLN 200 billion to a record defense – Domański emphasized at a press conference after a government meeting.
He added that Poland must be prepared not only militarily, but also economically. – we invest in safety and immunity; Today, they require responsible rulers that each zloty spent is treated as a wise and thoughtful investment. (…) These PLN 200 billion, which of course consists of the budget of the Ministry of National Defense and the Plan of the Armed Forces Support Fund, is over 4.8 percent. GDP; Most of all NATO Member States – he emphasized.
Domański: PLN 6.7 billion for housing in a budget project for next year
The minister emphasized during the conference after the government meeting, during which the draft budget was adopted for 2026 that the funds allocated to the housing were to be “record”.
– In total, we plan to allocate PLN 6.7 billion, i.e. 2 billion more than this year and almost twice as much as the total expenses in this area in 2020-2023 – he noted.
In addition, as the head of the Ministry of Finance and Economy pointed out, PLN 6 billion is to be funded by the Clean Air Fund, supporting the thermomodernization of buildings and the exchange of inefficient heat sources.
Domański: The budget of the state budget in 2026 will amount to 647 billion
– The forecasted revenues for 2026 amount to PLN 647 billion, which means nearly PLN 44 billion more in comparison to the budget implementation in 2025. This forecast was reduced due to the lower inflation than the planned inflation – said the Minister of Finance and the Economy Andrzej Domański on a press conference on Thursday.
According to this year's Budgetary Act, budget revenues are to amount to just over PLN 632.8 billion. This means that this year's budget revenues will be about PLN 30 billion lower than written in the budget.
– We forecast the General Govenrant sector deficit for 2025 at 6.9 percent. – The Minister of Finance also said.
Minister of Finance: Budget project for 2026. On Friday, he will go to the Social Dialogue Council
– In the 2026 macroeconomic script adopted by us in the Budget Act, economic growth next year will be 3.5 percent. – said Domański. He added that the average annual CPI inflation next year is to amount to 3 percent, and salaries will increase by 6.4 percent.
The Minister of Finance expressed the opinion that the budget for 2026 is a security budget, investment and support for citizens. – It is – in a sense, when it comes to priorities – a continuation of the budget that we adopted for 2025 – he said. (PAP)
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