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  • FOR Communication 8/2020: Coronavirus and What Next? FOR’S Economic Prescription

    FOR Communication 8/2020: Coronavirus and What Next? FOR’S Economic Prescription | 2020-03-18

    Government action should be primarily aimed at making it easier for companies to survive the epidemic and maintain employment. The scale of the intervention should depend on the duration of the epidemic - the emphasis should first be on deferring taxes and contributions, then on guarantees and loans, and only at the end on writing off part of the liabilities.

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  • FOR Communication 7/2020: Election of the First President of the Supreme Court - a new problem for Polish democracy?

    FOR Communication 7/2020: Election of the First President of the Supreme Court - a new problem for Polish democracy? | 2020-03-17

    The General Assembly of Supreme Court Judges will be held on 31 March 2020. The judges will then probably select five candidates for the new First President of the Supreme Court. From this group, the President of the Republic of Poland will eventually appoint the new First President of the Supreme Court. Initially, the General Assembly was to be held on 17 March and was postponed due to the epidemiological outbreak.

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  • FOR Communication 6/2020: Public Finances Not Prepared for Coronavirus

    FOR Communication 6/2020: Public Finances Not Prepared for Coronavirus | 2020-03-12

    The Law and Justice government wasted the 5 years of prosperity, as a result of which the Polish public finances and the health care system are not prepared for the coronavirus epidemic. A "Balanced budget" is an accounting trick, serving the government's propaganda - in fact, the planned deficit of the public finance sector, after deducting one-off revenues, was to reach 2.2% of GDP in 2020 (over PLN 50 billion), which is just under 2.6% of GDP recorded in 2015. At the same time 13 EU countries were planning to achieve surpluses. Additionally, no major reform to increase the efficiency of the health service has been carried out, focusing primarily on increasing social transfers.

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  • Analysis 2/2020: Sugar Tax is a Tax on the Poor

    Analysis 2/2020: Sugar Tax is a Tax on the Poor | 2020-03-11

    The government draft bill on an additional tax on beverages sweetened with sugar and sweeteners, as well as those containing caffeine and taurine, was passed by the Sejm by the votes of the Law and Justice and the Leftist party. It now awaits further work in the Senate.

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    • FOR Communication 5/2020: Proceedings before the Constitutional Court on the Dispute of Competence: a Path to Further Destruction of the Rule of Law

      FOR Communication 5/2020: Proceedings before the Constitutional Court on the "Dispute of Competence": a Path to Further Destruction of the Rule of Law | 2020-03-05

      On 15 January 2020, the First President of the Supreme Court, Professor Małgorzata Gersdorf, submitted a motion to remove the discrepancies in the interpretation of the provisions, occurring in the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, in connection with the legal status of judges appointed by virtue of the pseudo-NCJ (National Council of the Judiciary) appointments. This motion was to be considered in the composition of the three joint Chambers of the Supreme Court: Civil, Criminal and Labor and Social Security Chambers.

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