According to the analysis presented by the Skrót Polityczny website (it should be emphasized that the database does not yet cover all parliamentarians; at the time of writing the article, the data concerns 295 people), apart from the costs of operating MPs' offices, the costs of MPs account for 29.5%. parliamentary salaries, 9.5 percent parliamentary allowances and 4.7 percent domestic and foreign flights.
The most expensive MPs are those from the Confederation of the Polish Crownbecause they cost us on average last year. 479 thousand PLN per year, i.e 39.9 thousand PLN per month per MP. In second place are the MPs Free Republicans with an average of 39.6 thousand. zloty monthly cost, a in third place – PiS with 39.3 thousand.
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In this respect, the cheapest MPs are: PSL (PLN 33.9 thousand per month), Left (PLN 34.2 thousand) and Konfederacja (PLN 34.7 thousand). However, you must be aware that the presence of an MP in the government makes him “cheaper” in this ranking, because he does not receive a parliamentary salary, but a government salary, and his domestic and foreign flights are also settled by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
Cost per MP in 2024
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In this way, although e.g. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's parliamentary activities cost taxpayers only PLN 13,900. PLN per monthwe paid extra for his activities as prime minister. Due to his position as the head of government, Donald Tusk received PLN 20,500. PLN per month, i.e. the total costs of the MP and the Prime Minister in one person amounted to 34.4 thousand PLN per month. And that's not counting the cost of flights.
In a similar way, the costs of parliamentary activities of deputy prime ministers: Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (PSL) and Krzysztof Gawkowski (Left) are at the bottom of the ranking. At the same time, they also lower the average for their groups.
Paweł Kowal at the top of the ranking
Well, let's focus on the breakdown of parliamentary costs only and at the top of the ranking. The first place is taken by an MP from the Civic Coalition Paweł Kowal. Its monthly cost calculated by Skrót Polityczny is PLN 62.9 thousand. zloty. Of this, the largest amount was the parliamentary office (PLN 23.2 thousand per month), followed by foreign flights (an average of PLN 17.7 thousand per month), and the parliamentary salary was PLN 14.9 thousand. PLN per month.
It should be immediately clarified that MP Kowal is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the chairman of the Council for Cooperation with Ukraine, which involves frequent trips abroad. Their costs are charged to the budget of the Sejm. Interestingly, however, the MP's foreign flights are mainly to distant Asia – South Korea's Seoul and India's New Delhi.
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Second place belongs to PiS MP Radosław Fogel. Here, the cost of parliamentary activities amounted to PLN 56.5 thousand. PLN per month last year Of this, 23.3 thousand PLN is the cost of the parliamentary office, but that's it 15.1 thousand PLN per month Sejm spent on his foreign flights. Here we also have the case of the Foreign Affairs Committee, because MP Fogiel is its vice-chairman and has flown abroad 18 times.
He was third in the ranking of the most expensive MPs Grzegorz Napieralski. The cost of this Left MP was PLN 51,900. PLN per month. The MP used foreign flights and is 25th in the ranking. He spent PLN 1.6 thousand for this purpose. PLN per month. He flew more around the country, spending an average of PLN 6.3 thousand. PLN per month, which is already the fifth highest result in the Sejm.
MP Napieralski also spent quite a lot on his parliamentary office. His 32nd most expensive parliamentary office in the ranking cost taxpayers PLN 24,500. PLN per month. Office costs PLN 11.1 thousand. PLN per month were the remuneration of office employees under an employment contract, PLN 3.8 thousand. monthly cost of renting an office, PLN 3.5 thousand remuneration from commission contracts and contracts for specific work, and PLN 1.4 thousand PLN cost of renting a car.
Foreign flights
The total cost of foreign flights reimbursed by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland last year was approx. PLN 2.3 million. Of this, the largest amount, according to the website Skrót Polityczny, was spent by the above-mentioned company KO MP Paweł Kowal (PLN 17.7 thousand per month). He flew to Germany six times, to the USA three times, to Ukraine twice, and also visited Switzerland twice.
It comes next PiS MP Radosław Fogiel (PLN 15.1 thousand per month). He left, among others, three times to the USA, he also visited Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Norway, Georgia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkmenistan.
Third place is taken by an MP from the Left Wanda Nowicka, who spent an average of PLN 8.9 thousand on long-distance travel. PLN per month from the Sejm treasury. The MP is the chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on National and Ethnic Minorities, as well as the head of the Parliamentary Group for Women's Rights. Her trips included: New Zealand and the local celebration of the 80th anniversary of the arrival of Polish children in Pahiatua and a flight to Iceland for the global forum. But most often, as many as seven times, she flew to France, mainly to attend meetings of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Commission and meetings on the situation of women in Poland.
Domestic flights even from Ostrołęka
The leaders in domestic flights are: KO MP Robert Dowhan (PLN 7.7 thousand per month), KO MP Jacek Karnowski (PLN 7.5 thousand per month) and PiS MP Łukasz Mejza (PLN 6.7 thousand per month)..
The top ten most frequently using domestic flights included seven KO MPs and one each from PiS, Polski 2050 and PSL.
The MPs who travel most often come from places far away from the streets. Wiejska in Warsaw, electoral districts in western Poland. The above-mentioned MPs Dowhan and Mejza are from the province. Lubuskie. For them, traveling by train or car can be a big challenge if they have to do it many times a month. Jacek Karnowski lives in Sopot. However, MPs from constituencies relatively close to the capital, e.g. Ostrołęka, also benefited from free travel, Pasażer.com reported. Without traffic jams, Ostrołęka to Warsaw is less than two hours by car.
The most expensive parliamentary offices
The most expensive parliamentary office was owned by Adrian Witczak from KO. It cost PLN 31.9 thousand in 2024. PLN per month. Here, an average of 15.3 thousand monthly was spent on salaries, including PLN 4.5 thousand. for an employment contract. 7.2 thousand PLN 2.2 thousand went to purchase office supplies, press and publications per month. for car rental, and 3.7 thousand for the costs of travel in the MP's own car.
In second place is Antoni Macierewicz. His office cost PLN 27,600 in 2024. PLN per month. Here, an average of 14.8 thousand PLN per month was spent on employing employees, or rather “employees” under an employment contract. 6.8 thousand PLN per month cost of renting the office itself, and PLN 2.5 thousand. monthly mileage. For comparison, the above-mentioned MP Bartosz Romowicz did not employ employees under an employment contract at all, but only on a contract of mandate or a contract for specific work.
The office is in third place in the ranking of parliamentary offices PiS MP Andrzej Gut-Mostowy with a cost of PLN 25.9 thousand. PLN per month. Here, similarly to MP Macierewicz, the most important thing is remuneration, mainly based on an employment contract – PLN 15.4 thousand. PLN per month. A major expense was the rent of the parliamentary office, which cost PLN 5.9 thousand. monthly.
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The top ten MPs with the highest costs of the MP's office include eight MPs from PiS and two from the Civic Coalition.
Parliamentary allowances
When it comes to MPs' expenses, we cannot forget about parliamentary allowances. “The concepts of professional and non-professional MP do not have a statutory definition – they are used in journalism. It is most often assumed that a professional MP is a parliamentarian who receives the full parliamentary salary, which means that the 'MP's salary' is his sole or main source of income,” we read on the Sejm website. In other words, MPs who have not resigned from their professional careers receive incomplete allowances (or do not receive them at all).
Usually it is about 4 thousand. an untaxed monthly allowance for “professional” MPs. These “non-professionals” sometimes get nothing. Among those with a zero diet are: Przemysław Czarnek from PiSlecturer at the Catholic University of Lublin, Bożenna Hołownia from Poland 2050a retiree, and Michał Połuboczek from Confederation, an entrepreneur in the photovoltaic industry.
The top ten people receiving the lowest parliamentary allowances include as many as three Confederation MPs, including the group's co-chairman Sławomir Mentzenowner of an accounting company, and four KO MPs, including Andrzej DomańskiMinister of Finance.
