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The veto brings a political crisis in Poland, and its lack too: a close informant described the internal political situation in Poland a few days before Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki had to vote on the EU budget and recovery fund in the EU summit.
The Polish government could establish a municipal investment fund if a significant part of the EU referrals were lost due to the Polish-Hungarian veto, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a conference, Business Insider Polska reported. Of course, the head of government was asked what they planned to finance the fund, for example, if they planned to issue government bonds in the national money market, to which they received a vague answer. The government is considering the possibilities …
According to Morawiecki, preparations for this case were already made in spring and summer, and the economic stimulus measures introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic also showed what local governments and businesses can expect. “This would be a multi-million dollar program, exclusively with domestic funds, for the modernization and reconstruction of roads, the renovation of schools, hospitals, aqueducts, canals, various structural investments that will help districts and cities in their investments,” said the prime minister.
Morawiecki added that a program is already being established to help complete EU-funded projects that are already underway. “We have shown through our crisis management programs that we are capable of doing this, that we have the capacity to finance, to lend to the economy, to guarantee employment protection.”
Tractors in Warsaw
Meanwhile, however, at the end of the week, farmers indicated that they had occupied various parts of Warsaw with tractors, onet.pl reported. By doing so, they wanted to express that they were not satisfied with the government assistance they received at the time of the epidemic. They also wanted to draw attention to what the country’s leaders could expect after the Polish government’s veto if EU farm subsidies fell.
Police officers at the scene verified the participants and imposed sanctions. After a few hours, the tractors cleared the streets of the capital and turned around. A total of dozens of agricultural vehicles participated in the rally, organizers said there were 60 tractors in Warsaw.
The government is in crisis
According to Polish media, the government could collapse in a week. Tensions are rising ahead of the EU summit and the right-wing government in particular is feeling it. There are rumors in the halls of parliament that Morawiecki would be willing to vote rather than veto the EU budget and a recovery fund to get rid of the violent and tense Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, a small party in the ruling Polish Solidarity coalition. Ziobro and his followers threaten to leave the coalition if the prime minister does not veto it.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Gowin, chairman of the other small coalition party, the Alliance, is staying away from the big ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS) and Ziobro’s party. According to him, Poland should not veto, among other things, because this would have serious consequences for financial markets to the detriment of the country. In the separate paths policy, it was even allowed to negotiate separately with the union.
The question is what Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the president of PiS, the country’s de facto leader, wants. “He has gone too far,” says an anonymous politician close to Kaczynski. “Morawiecki must now veto to get out of this situation without losing face.” However, the prime minister wanted to avoid that. The veto brings a political crisis in Poland, its absence too.
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