“The value of foreign direct investment inflows to Poland has fallen by more than 50 percent,” warns Mateusz Morawiecki. The former prime minister spares no criticism of the current government: Poland is losing its position as a regional leader, the Czech Republic is catching up, and the state—he emphasizes—is no longer pursuing any real investment policy. “There is a lack of an economic offensive, promotion of Poland abroad, and simply running the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” the politician points out.
Foreign direct investment inflows to Poland are slowing sharply. As former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki warns, their value has dropped by more than 50 percent, and Poland is ceasing to be a regional leader. What is more, countries that until recently lagged far behind are beginning to catch up.
“The value of foreign direct investment inflows to Poland has fallen by more than 50 percent. We are now being overtaken not only by Germany or France; the Czech Republic is starting to catch up with us as well,” Morawiecki emphasized on X.
According to the former head of government, the cause of this situation does not lie in global trends but in the absence of an active state policy. “No one today is pursuing a real investment policy. There are no spectacular initiatives to be seen,” he noted.
A clear slowdown in infrastructure projects, a lack of new development impulses, and a departure from an aggressive strategy to attract foreign capital—which in previous years was one of the pillars of economic growth—are the hallmarks of these governments.
Morawiecki also pointed out that warning signals are coming directly from the market.
“Entrepreneurs are complaining; there is a lack of promotion of Poland abroad, a lack of an economic offensive,” he listed.
The former prime minister also underscored the organizational and leadership dimension of the current problems.
“There is also, quite simply, a lack of running the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” he stated.