Poland plans to raise spending on defence, health, social benefits and public sector pay in 2024, the prime minister said on Thursday, after the government approved the budget for next year with an eye on elections scheduled for Oct. 15. some economists warn that big-spending policies announced ahead of the elections could hamper the county's fight against inflation, which was 10.8% in July, and raise the deficit to dangerous levels. "Under our government, budget revenues have more than doubled," Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference. "This would not have been possib…
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24% No |
70% Yes |
17% No |
5% Yes, but by drastically reducing the benefits and salaries of government officials |
2% No, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
0% Yes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
2% No, focus on ending tax evasion instead |
0% Yes, and increase taxes |
2% No, reduce the number of government officials instead |
1% No, cuts to public spending will negatively affect the economy |
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1% No, increase taxes on the wealthy instead |
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1% No, reduce military spending instead |
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Germany froze public spending for the rest of the year after a court declared the government’s spending plans unconstitutional, dealing a blow to Europe’s recovery and efforts to beef up its defenses and reduce carbon emissions.The court decision is likely to widen the economic speed gap between Europe, whose economy has stagnated for over a year, and the U.S., which grew at an annualized 5% in the three months through September, turbocharged by massive fiscal stimulus. Berlin’s decision to freeze all federal spending for the rest of the year came after the court defunded the government’s 60 billion euro—the equivalent of more than $65 billion—green-transition project. The court said Berlin couldn’t repurpose unspent credits originally earmarked to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic to fund environmental and energy projects. It said Berlin was bound by the country’s constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules that limit budget deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product in normal times.
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