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Poland could still impose windfall tax on select sectors

"It does happen that some companies, given the international situation, generate higher profits than they would from natural economic activity, and we have not given up on this tax," Mueller said. Tomasz Gzell/PAP

Poland is mulling a windfall tax and if a decision is made to implement it, the resolution will target particular sectors and not all companies, government spokesperson Piotr Mueller told broadcaster Radio Zet.

Deputy PM wants 50 pct windfall tax on energy firms

Jacek Sasin, Poland's state assets minister and a deputy prime minister, has proposed a 50 percent windfall tax on power companies which have profited from rising energy prices.

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