“We demand that the Sejm, at its next session and again before the presidential election, adopt laws that will bring real deregulation,” said Mateusz Morawiecki, deputy chairman of Law and Justice (PiS) and former Prime Minister, on Thursday. According to him, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has “broken the world record for the number of pages of laws that complicate the lives of entrepreneurs.”
On Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and InPost CEO Rafał Brzoska, who heads the deregulation task force, met with representatives from both social and government sectors. They presented a report compiled by experts working on simplifying regulations. The presentation revealed that out of 259 proposals submitted by the social side, 202 were passed on to the government. Of these, 197 proposals were reviewed and 122 were accepted for implementation. The Prime Minister announced that a package of around 120 bills would be introduced at the first Sejm session following the presidential election, which is scheduled for May 18.
“The Government Broke a World Record”
Speaking at a press conference in the Sejm on Thursday, Morawiecki said that the country is facing a fundamental societal choice:
“Should the economic system serve the elites, the Warsaw establishment, those in power—or should it serve the people, those striving to rise, fighting on the market, founding startups, and creating new products and services?”
Morawiecki reiterated that Prime Minister Tusk’s government had “broken the world record for passing pages of legislation that make life harder for entrepreneurs,” claiming that a total of 38,000 new pages had been introduced recently.
The PiS deputy chairman emphasized that this is why many countries in Europe and beyond follow the principle: “for every new regulation introduced, three old ones must be removed.”
“We are calling on the government to adopt, as soon as possible, a comprehensive deregulation law—one that addresses the needs of young people who are hitting a glass ceiling or feel stuck to a sticky floor, unable to spread their wings and operate freely in the market,” Morawiecki said.
He argued that there are numerous absurd regulations imposed by the current administration. “Bureaucracy is like a hydra—it just keeps growing back,” he remarked.
According to Morawiecki, one of the key failings of the current government is a “deficit of credibility.”
“That’s why, following this Sejm session which partially addressed deregulation, I say: ‘It’s time to check.’ We demand that the Sejm adopt deregulation bills at the next session, and again before the presidential election,” he concluded.