FOR Communications

The idea for a European Public Prosecutor's Office arose from the perception that, when only Member States' authorities are responsible for the actual prosecution of offences affecting the EU's financial interests, proceedings are not always brought to a successful conclusion. The intensification of the fight against offences affecting the EU's financial interests as an objective of action by national law enforcement authorities has so far not always been sufficiently pursued. Therefore, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, the EPPO accession states decided to try to achieve it at the EU level, motivated by the importance of the problem.

The discussion of the "National Recovery Plan" focuses primarily on spending: where spending should be increased and where it should be cut. So it is more a discussion of a national spending list than a plan. Then, the NRP became the subject of a political bargain. In the end, 75,000 rental apartments (mostly financed with national funds) were thrown into the pot. This shows that politicians treat the NRP as a list of expenditures rather than a reform plan. Ultimately, the throw-in of the apartments described above does not solve the structural problems of housing.

While digitalization has been advancing in many aspects of human life, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in workplaces, trade, doing business, healthcare, education, public administration, and many other spheres. In fighting the disease and addressing challenges related to the pandemic, we were lucky that many technologies were available when the pandemic broke out.

The law introduced in 2016 restricting the trading of agricultural land – as we warned against – has not improved the condition of Polish agriculture. It did not bring about the increase in investments that it was supposed to entail. Instead, there was a decline in them, which was the largest in the European Union.