Polish Development Strategy until 2035. The government received 800 comments in public consultations

Okay. 800 comments were received in the social consultations on the Polish Development Strategy until 2035, which ended on October 31, and were conducted by the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, the head of the ministry, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, told PAP. The document is to be adopted by the government in the first quarter of 2026.

– The first summary is that there is great public interest. About 800 comments were received from 200 entities, both private and local government, told PAP Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, who participated in the Krynica Forum 2025 in Krynica-Zdrój on Wednesday.

– There is also an understanding that this strategy is not a piece of paper that we will put in a drawer for political fireworks, but it is truly a setting of priorities and goals, based on which we will then create a financial strategy in the next EU budget, and it is structured in such a way that a national and regional partnership plan is to be created, something like this has never happened before – explained the head of the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.

According to her, most of the comments concern the broadly understood housing sector. – This apparently arouses the greatest emotions, because there are not only comments regarding the content, but also specific proposals for various further solutions, e.g. regarding the rental market or cadastral tax. We will, of course, summarize all this in a comprehensive report, said Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.

She announced that The Polish Development Strategy until 2035 will now go to further government workso that it will be adopted by the government in the first quarter of next year. This strategy will then replace the previous document from 2018.

The new strategy defines three fundamental challenges for Poland and related goals for the coming years: mitigating demographic changes and adapting to them; creating conditions for a competitive and fair economy, respecting the environment and climate, and strengthening the security, resilience and efficiency of the state. According to the diagnosis contained in the document, Poland is, among others, not innovative enough for the current level of development.

When asked by PAP about the latest revision of the National Reconstruction Plan, the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy said that the Polish side wanted to complete it at the beginning of December in order to submit payment applications. – A revision is underway, and its main goal is, on the one hand, to change various indicators and adapt them to the realities so that we can make investments on time, and on the other hand, to redirect funds that cannot be used for various reasons to other necessary investments – explained Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.

She added that as part of the revision of the KPO, two taxes on internal combustion cars will be removed from the KPO, which were included as milestones in the original version of the KPO – the tax on internal combustion cars and the environmental fee on internal combustion cars used by entrepreneurs. The minister noted that these burdens will be replaced by other reforms.

– It is known that there will be no taxes, this is the Prime Minister's decision, and the right one. We are replacing them with other reforms and we are talking about it, noted the minister.

The Polish KPO has been changed three times so far. The first revision was accepted by the European Commission in November 2023, the second in July 2024, and the third in June this year. The latter assumed primarily the creation of the Security and Defense Fund, strengthening the National Labor Inspectorate, creating a guarantee fund for loans for companies, introducing co-financing for the replacement of tachographs in trucks and doubling the number of insulated schools with co-financing from the KPO.

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is intended to strengthen the Polish economy; consists of 57 investments and 54 reforms. It envisages EUR 59.8 billion for Poland, including EUR 25.27 billion in the form of subsidies and EUR 34.54 billion in the form of preferential loans. Poland has so far received PLN 67 billion from it. Another PLN 26 billion (from the last application) – as indicated by Pełczyńska-Nałęcz – Poland is to receive in November-December.

According to her announcement, another application for payment from the KPO should be submitted at the end of this year. The requested amount to be paid – Pełczyńska-Nałęcz announced – should be known around November and will depend on which reforms and investments will be completed to the extent that it will be possible to apply for their refinancing. (PAP)

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