Outside the Polish Parliament, the leader of the Law and Justice party (PiS), Jarosław Kaczyński, delivered a statement in which he expressed a sharply negative assessment of the first months of the coalition government led by Donald Tusk. In his view, the current administration is steering Poland toward financial ruin, dismantling key development projects, and surrendering national sovereignty to foreign powers—primarily Germany.
During a press conference, Kaczyński asserted that the rule of the “13 December coalition” has led to a “very serious public finance crisis.” As evidence, he pointed to the rapid pace of national debt accumulation.
“Not long ago, Poland was borrowing one billion złotys a day. Now it’s already 1.2 billion—every single day,” the PiS chairman warned.
According to Kaczyński, the massive budget deficit is set to be exceeded, which will necessitate drastic cuts in public spending—measures that will directly affect Polish citizens.
Dismantling Under German Influence
A significant portion of Kaczyński’s address focused on accusations that strategic development projects are being halted under pressure from Germany. He cited the situation in Polish seaports, which, under the previous PiS government, were developing dynamically and competing with German ports, including Hamburg.
“These initiatives clearly posed a problem for Germany,” Kaczyński stated. He referred to the port in Szczecin, where a major cargo handling company is reportedly set to fall under German control. In his opinion, this would effectively subordinate the entire Szczecin-Świnoujście port complex to German interests. A similar fate, he warned, may await the deepwater container terminal project in Świnoujście as well as the Solidarity Transport Hub (CPK).
Education, Rule of Law, and Social Policy
Kaczyński also criticized the government’s reforms in the education system, accusing Education Minister Barbara Nowacka of lowering educational standards and diminishing the competitiveness of Polish youth—for instance, by eliminating homework and weakening school discipline.
He spoke of the “complete breakdown not only of the rule of law, but of law itself in Poland,” claiming that executive decisions are now taking precedence over binding legislation. “This is the destruction of a great civilizational achievement which Poland regained after 1989,” he emphasized.
Kaczyński further warned of threats to the country’s social policy, alleging that the “leakage” of public funds—which his government had allegedly curbed—has returned, making it impossible to finance vital programs.
The Ultimate Goal: “The Italianization of Poland” and the Loss of Sovereignty
In conclusion, Kaczyński presented what he described as the most serious accusation: that the government’s policy is aimed at the “Italianization of Poland.” By this, he meant a deliberate descent into economic ruin, so that the country would eventually face a stark choice—either bankruptcy or accepting foreign aid in exchange for relinquishing key attributes of national sovereignty to the European Union, dominated by Germany.
He pledged that Law and Justice would do everything in its power to “halt this policy.”
“Poland needs a good, effective government. We will strive to ensure that such a government is established,” Kaczyński concluded.