“For me, and for my children’s generation, the CPK project is a symbol of an ambitious Poland, a Poland with aspirations. The CPK project has long been a great dream of various generations of the Polish state—a dream that we can think big, of a great Poland, united as one organism through a network of railways—and I want such a Poland. I want to be a leader of an ambitious Poland, one that sets itself high goals,” stated Karol Nawrocki, candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Poland.
Today, Karol Nawrocki met with representatives of the association “Yes to CPK” (Polish: Tak dla CPK).
“We see ourselves as expressing a broader social emotion—one of modernization, an emotion that expects from those in power a modernization leap. We want Poland not only to appear in statistics as the 20th or 21st largest economy in the world, or as a country with a higher GDP per capita in purchasing power parity than Japan but to begin thinking and acting like a member of the global economic elite,”
said the chairman of the association, Maciej Wilk.
“In the past year, something interesting has happened in Poland: the words ‘development,’ ‘investment,’ and ‘modernization’ have become common currency. Clearly, a latent social desire has emerged—people want more, we are ambitious, we desire progress—and the CPK project has become a symbol of that ambition,”
he added.
Wilk noted that the association had prepared six demands, which were submitted to both presidential candidates—Karol Nawrocki and Rafał Trzaskowski.
‼️Postulaty Stowarzyszenia @TakDla_CPK do przyszłego Prezydenta RP w zakresie Programu CPK i polityki rozwojowej Polski
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“The President has significant tools to realize such goals. It is time to shift the Polish economy from absorbing foreign capital toward outward expansion—toward Polish companies investing abroad. The President can be the first to open doors abroad for Polish entrepreneurs,”
added the president of the “Yes to CPK” association.
Nawrocki: I Want to Be a Leader of an Ambitious Poland
Karol Nawrocki expressed his gratitude for the declaration.
“I sign it with full responsibility. CPK has been part of my electoral programme from the very beginning; I spoke about it at many meetings. This original CPK—designed not only to build an airport connecting Poland with the world and enabling future generations to travel more quickly and freely, but also accompanied by a full high-speed rail network,” said Nawrocki. He added that even before he became a presidential candidate, he was socially involved in the “Yes to CPK” initiative.
“For me, and for my children’s generation, this project is a symbol of an ambitious Poland, a Poland with aspirations. The CPK project was a great dream of various generations of the Polish state—a dream that we could think in grand terms, of a great Poland, united as one organism through a network of railways—and I want such a Poland. I want to be a leader of an ambitious Poland, one that sets itself high goals,”
said the civic candidate.
A Dream That United Different Political Groups
He noted that the CPK project is currently being “trimmed down” by those in power.
“It was supposed to be the driving force of the Polish economy, lifting us out of the middle-income trap. It was also a dream around which different political environments could unite,”
he added.
Poles, he emphasized, are an ambitious nation with aspirations, and they want the CPK. He pointed out that people across Poland are expressing great hope for the development of the Central Communication Port.
“Yes, I will be a president who is a leader in thinking about an ambitious Poland, a Poland with aspirations. Therefore, with full responsibility and gratitude for the work of the ‘Yes to CPK’ association, I will sign this commitment today. I am also very pleased that in my campaign team, one of my closest collaborators is Minister Horała, the political face of the CPK project,”
said Karol Nawrocki.