The Sejm decided on the budget. There’s one last step left
Today, the Sejm adopted nearly 30 amendments to the budget act for 2025. Now the act awaits the president’s signature.
On Thursday evening, the Sejm adopted the budget act. The MPs supported all Senate amendments.
The Upper House submitted 28 amendments to the budget bill. They concern, among others: earmarking the amount of PLN 17,555,000 from the special reserve for provincial, district and municipal commands of the State Fire Service. PLN for volunteer fire brigades. Another amendment provides for the creation of a new special-purpose reserve in the amount of PLN 70 million for the National Freedom Institute – Center for the Development of Civil Society to support small and medium-sized non-governmental organizations operating in small towns.
What amendments did the Sejm support?
As Money.pl notes, the Sejm also supported the Senate amendment regarding the funds from the Fund for the Development of Physical Culture. It provides for the allocation of PLN 80 million to co-finance the implementation of tasks related to removing the effects of floods in tourism. This year, PLN 50 million will be allocated to investments in this area. The funds allocated for tasks in the field of physical culture will also increase by PLN 15 million, including: to prepare national team players to participate in the Olympic Games and world and European championships.
Amendments were also adopted to adapt the multi-annual plans already included in the budget to the recent resolutions of the Council of Ministers. This includes: for the construction of the Polish Maritime Rescue Training Center in Szczecin, an oncology hospital in Wrocław, and the modernization of the “MARIA” nuclear research reactor.
The remaining amendments include, among others: increase in salaries of civil service employees, increase in expenses for financing the activities of Police liaison officers, changes in the budgets of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court.
The budget act for this year assumes that state revenues will amount to PLN 632.6 billion, expenses will not exceed PLN 921.6 billion, and the budget deficit will reach a maximum of PLN 289 billion, i.e. 7.3%. GDP. The act predicts that GDP growth will amount to 3.9 percent this year. and average annual inflation – 5%.
The budget bill will now go to the president for his signature. Andrzej Duda has one week to sign it, and he can also refer the bill to the Constitutional Tribunal.
