The government will double the budget of the Fund for Local Investments to PLN 12 billion (EUR 2.7 billion), Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday, adding this will boost local governments' capacity to implement new infrastructure projects.
Polish President Andrzej Duda, in an interview with PAP published on Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of Poland's first fully-free ballot after the fall of communism, the May 27 local elections, stressed the importance of local self-government for society.
Polish local governments posted a PLN 1.70 bln (EUR 376 mln) deficit in 2019, several times lower than the PLN 18.43 bln (EUR 4.07 bln) planned for last year, the Finance Ministry said in its final report.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki held a meeting on Wednesday with province governors and the mayors of major cities to discuss the threat of the spreading coronavirus.
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