“Poland is the 20th largest economy in the world. President Donald Trump’s invitation to the G20 summit in Miami is an invitation for the entire Polish nation and for everyone responsible for this success,” said President Karol Nawrocki during a meeting with representatives of Polish companies at the Presidential Palace.
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The President’s meeting with entrepreneurs
President Karol Nawrocki met at the Presidential Palace with representatives of Polish companies operating in global markets. The head of state inaugurated a series of initiatives dedicated to economic diplomacy and Poland’s international standing. During the ceremony, President Nawrocki delivered a speech in which he emphasized that “Poland owes its economic miracle to entrepreneurs and workers.”
“I always say that the great economic miracle was possible thanks to the help of Polish politicians, who prepared Polish law and conducted this transformation at the political and social level. On the other hand, much of this often happened despite the political life after 1989. Often, Polish entrepreneurs had to struggle with overregulation, which today also threatens Poland. Most frequently, this great economic success happened despite political life, relying on the innovation and diligence of Polish entrepreneurs. Before 1989, Poland was a centrally planned, underinvested economy without capital or efficiently operating enterprises. It functioned in a system of interconnected vessels exclusively within the Soviet colony and the states of the Soviet Union. Polish potential was devastated for many decades by what happened after 1945, by those who dominated us again for five decades, and, on the other hand, the dormant potential of Polish entrepreneurship and the working people could not develop. What happened after 1989 was essentially a miracle. In the four subsequent phases of political, social, and economic transformation, we suddenly found ourselves in the place where we are today,” he recalled.
The President stressed that “Poland is the 20th largest economy in the world – President Donald Trump’s invitation to the G20 summit in Miami is an invitation for the entire Polish nation and for everyone responsible for this success.”
“In a short time, Poland achieved its great success after 1989. What was not achieved, despite this great economic success, was maintaining certain social cohesion. Many Poles and many regions of Poland paid a great, too high, price for the transformation. Many regions of Poland are still waiting for major investments. I believe that Polish business and the concern of the President of the Republic should take social cohesion into account. I am deeply convinced that even in Polish regions that are not yet effectively utilized, there is great investment potential. Poland’s GDP has increased by 200 percent – it is shocking. Statistical data translates into the life of an ordinary Pole. During this period, life expectancy in Poland increased by eight years. If we look at the statistics and realize that in 2003 Polish GDP per capita in relation to the average GDP per capita in EU countries was 50 percent, and today it is even over 80 percent, we will see how, thanks to the work of Polish entrepreneurs and employees, our lives have improved,” he enumerated.
He added that “when we look at the export capabilities of Polish companies, we see how wide the panorama of our possibilities is.”
“On one hand, we have the export of food products as well as computer games. The field in which Polish companies can operate is very broad in terms of exports. Many entrepreneurs, thanks to government and presidential support, can achieve even more. We need to recognize a certain technological breakthrough. We should be fully convinced that today a technological revolution is taking place, in which Poland must participate. This is a breakthrough revolution, and you can count on my engagement in this matter. We must be convinced that the resilience of supply chains is crucial today. This is something that, in the face of geopolitical issues and the war taking place on our eastern border, should require broad reflection from the President of the Republic. For many centuries, we paid for the topographical location of the Republic of Poland. We were in continuous conflicts, and there were attempts to dominate our state. I would like us and our children to be the first generation to turn Poland’s location into an advantage. We are in the heart of Europe, in the heart of the world. Without Poland, many economic, financial, and geopolitical processes cannot take place. The resilience of supply chains is in the interest of all our friends,” he stated.
Addressing energy issues, he said that “our direction is nuclear energy – for Poland to develop in the coming decades, we must be on the path to atomic energy. The energy transformation must proceed responsibly. Coal is a Polish resource that we should not give up by yielding to certain disturbing trends from Western Europe. Nuclear is our future.”
In the President’s view, “the meeting is proof that over the next five years I want to cooperate with Polish business, listen to the voice of Polish entrepreneurs, and conduct an active international policy in the field of economic diplomacy – a Business Council will also be established at the Chancellery of the President.”
Polish economic interests also lie in initiatives that reveal enormous potential for the development of the Polish economy, e.g., the Three Seas Initiative or the Visegrád Group. “This shows that in regional formats, Polish entrepreneurs can seek opportunities to expand their global economic ambitions. We are all here to ensure that the Polish golden age does not become history, but moves forward with a strong, determined step into our magnificent 21st-century future,” concluded the President.