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Aleksander Łaszek: Poland: The Bill for Government Services in 2017, 4Liberty | 2018-05-16
moreOn April 27, 2018, Civil Development Forum (FOR) presented The Bill for Government Services in 2017, which shows the structure of Poland’s government expenditures. Like every year, the current seventh edition of the campaign took place just before the tax filing deadline.
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Marcin Zieliński, Regulatory Expropriation in the Emergency Medical Services in Poland, 4Liberty.eu | 2018-02-13
moreFor PiS (Law and Justice), any – real or apparent – ills that plague the Polish society serve as a pretext to increase the politicization of the economy. In 2013, that is before PiS came to power, Poland was ahead of other OECD and the European Union countries in terms of the state ownership. Recently, however, nothing has been done to reduce the interference of politicians in the economy. On the contrary, we are still seeing new steps towards further nationalization of enterprises or crowding out the private sector.
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Aleksander Łaszek, Rafał Trzeciakowski: Polish PM Morawiecki’s Declarations Versus Reality, 4Liberty.eu | 2018-02-12
moreIn his first parliamentary speech as a prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki (PMM) repeated many theses of the government officials which have been repeated for the last two years. Some of them are wrong and contradict the experiences of other countries. Others, while right, stand in clear contradiction with the actual actions of the Polish government.
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FOR Communication 1/2018: Yet another case of nationalization - this time at the expense of the patient. Yet another war of PiS - this time with Denmark | 2018-02-07
moreFor PiS (The Law and Justice Party), any - real or apparent - ills that plague Polish society serve a pretext to increase the politicization of the economy. In 2013, that is before the PiS came to power, Poland was ahead of other OECD countries and the European Union in terms of state ownership. Recently, however, nothing has been done to reduce the interference of politicians in the economy. On the contrary, we are still seeing new steps towards further nationalization of enterprises. After the Bank Pekao S.A. and power plants, the time has come for the emergency medical services.
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Analysis 15/2017: Morawiecki’s exposé: declarations and reality | 2017-12-29
moreIn his exposé, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (PMM) repeated many theses proclaimed for the last two years; some of them are wrong and contradict the experiences of other countries; others, while right, stands in clear contradiction with the actual actions of the government.
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Communication 26/2017: Presidential Law on the Supreme Court – rolling unconstitutionality. Summary of changes | 2017-12-19
moreAs in the case of the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary, the presidential draft law on the Supreme Court still contains unconstitutional solutions. Retirement of all judges of the Military Chamber and others at the age of 65 (unless the president extends the retirement age individually), likewise removal of the first president of the Supreme Court, despite her constitutional six-year tenure, or the establishment of the new Disciplinary Chamber, so autonomous that it can be considered a separate court - these are the most vivid cases of proposals incompatible with the Constitution. In fact, the president's draft - as far as the consequences go - does not differ much from that of the PiS deputies, vetoed by him in July 2017.
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Communication 25/2017: Presidential Act on the National Council of the Judiciary - different content, same bad effect. Summary of changes | 2017-12-19
moreThe presidential veto to the Law on the National Council of the Judiciary as prepared by Law and Justice and the submission of the president’s own project has ended the first wave of protests against the appropriation of justice by the ruling majority. The act passed last Friday contains a mechanism - no less dangerous, in fact identical - of unconstitutional selection of judges to the National Council of the Judiciary by the Parliament, and it benefits mainly the ruling party.