The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday okayed the Polish government's EUR 1.1 billion support scheme for energy-intensive firms.
Poland's farmer subsidies have already reached the European level or even slightly exceeded the European average, the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has said.
The government will offer a total of PLN 800 million (EUR 168 million) to 92 Polish large energy-intensive companies, the development and technology minister has announced.
The government will spend about PLN 3 billion (EUR 0.62 billion) from the state budget on coal subsidies for local governments, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has said.
Donald Tusk, leader of Poland's main opposition party, Civic Platform (PO), has criticized the government decision to offer a one-off allowance of PLN 3,000 (EUR 636) for all households with coal-fired heating.
The Sejm, the lower house of parliament, on Friday passed an act introducing a PLN 3,000 (EUR 631) coal allowance for households with coal-fired heating.
The Polish government will spend PLN 11.5 billion (EUR 2.41 billion) this year to subsidise coal purchases for homes with coal-fired stoves.
The European Commission has approved Poland's EUR 836-million subsidy scheme for farmers hit by rising fertiliser prices.
A Polish teachers union leader has called for an increase in the national education subsidy for 2022 and a pay rise for teachers owing to the influx of Ukrainian refugee children.
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party is using public funds to subsidise a nationalist organisation that wants the country out of the EU, two opposition MPs have claimed.
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