The budget for 2026 has been adopted. Now waiting for Nawrocki's decision

On Friday, MPs adopted 10 Senate amendments to the 2026 budget bill and completed work on this legal act. Now the budget bill will go to President Karol Nawrocki for signature. He has 7 days to decide whether to sign the budget or refer it to the Constitutional Tribunal.

On Friday, the Sejm voted on the Senate's amendments to this year's budget bill. The MPs adopted 10 amendments proposed by senators. These include: transfer of additional funds, approximately PLN 3 million, to the book purchase program by the National Library. This money is to come from the budget of the Constitutional Tribunal. Another Senate amendment involves transferring approximately PLN 5 million to the European Solidarity Center from the budget of, among others, Institute of National Remembrance.

The Sejm also supported the change reducing the budget of the Constitutional Tribunal by PLN 3 million; this amount will be used to prepare the world scout meeting, the so-called Jamboree, as well as shifting funds from current expenses intended for cybersecurity to personnel expenses so that the employment of people dealing with this field can be increased. Another change proposed by the Senate and adopted by the Sejm is the allocation of PLN 10 million to the reorganization of maritime offices.

Friday's vote in the Sejm means the end of parliamentary work on the 2026 budget bill. It will now go to President Karol Nawrocki for signature. He has 7 days to decide whether to sign the budget or refer it to the Constitutional Tribunal.

The budget act for this year assumes that state expenditure will amount to PLN 918.9 billion and the budget deficit will not exceed PLN 271.7 billion. State budget revenues are planned at PLN 647.2 billion. VAT revenues are expected to amount to PLN 341.5 billion, the budget is to receive PLN 103.3 billion from excise duty, PLN 80.4 billion from corporate income tax (CIT) and PLN 32 billion from personal income tax (PIT).

According to the act, the ratio of state public debt to GDP will amount to 53.8%, remaining below the prudential threshold of 55%. specified in the Public Finance Act.

This year's budget plans to spend more than PLN 200 billion on national defense, which corresponds to 4.81%. GDP. These funds are to be used to modernize the army and support the security system. PLN 247.8 billion is to be allocated to health care, which is 6.81 percent. GDP, and the government's priority will be investments in medical infrastructure and human resources. Expenditures on roads and railways will amount to PLN 53.9 billion, including PLN 20.1 billion from the state budget. (PAP)

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