Poland against any additional EU tax says PM

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Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has stated that Poland is against the introduction of a new EU tax on households, but admitted that there was a strong lobby in the European Commission that supported such solution.

"There are some countries and a strong lobby in the European Commission that want to impose a new tax on households, on hot water and transport, namely, on petrol and fuels," Morawiecki said before an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.

"We believe that this is a bridge too far, and we want everybody to understand that this will be an additional burden on citizens," the prime minister said.