Tusk Slams Nawrocki Over Fuel Tax Block

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sharply criticized President Karol Nawrocki on Saturday for blocking a law designed to tax giant fuel corporation profits to fund cheaper station prices.

Tusk’s Criticism Over Blocked Law

Donald Tusk sharply commented on the president’s decision, writing on the X platform on Saturday that Karol Nawrocki blocked a law allowing the taxation of giant fuel corporation profits. This mechanism made it possible to finance cheaper fuel at stations, prompting the prime minister to urge citizens to remember this at the fuel pumps.

Presidential Referral to the Constitutional Tribunal

On Friday, President Karol Nawrocki referred the windfall tax act on fuel companies to the Constitutional Tribunal under preventive control. In Nawrocki’s assessment, its provisions violate the principle that law does not operate retroactively.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk slammed the president’s move as a shocking decision that blocked the law allowing the taxation of colossal fuel concern profits to finance cheaper fuel at Polish stations under the CPN program.

Financial Impact on the State Budget

Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański emphasized on Friday that the president’s referral of the law to the Constitutional Tribunal blocked 4 billion PLN for the state budget. These funds were intended to finance a package protecting against high fuel prices.

Finance Chief Domański stated that President Nawrocki blocked another 4 billion PLN for the Polish budget, funds meant to finance the CPN package shielding Poles from high fuel prices.

Domański evaluated that instead of standing with the Polish people, the president sided with fuel corporations making massive profits from current market conditions. The finance minister added that by sending the law to the Tribunal, whose operation he previously paralyzed, Nawrocki once again struck at Polish public finances.