Marcin Nowacki, President of the European Enterprise Alliance and Vice-President of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, and Tomasz Wróblewski, President of the Warsaw Enterprise Institute, are members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), an EU advisory body which represents employers’ and employees’ organisations in the EU lawmaking process. We present a summary of their activities in February 2021…

For months, the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers has been proposing to introduce a uniform 5% VAT rate for the entire food catering industry. Contrary to public opinion, the essence of this change is not the idea to increase the demand for these services by lowering prices. A lower VAT rate would benefit restaurateurs whose activities would become much more profitable after re-opening, which would in turn enable them to recover in spite of a lower turnover…

On 4th March 2021, the European Commission presented the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan. The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) is a set of 20 principles that were announced in 2017 at the Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, Sweden. The a vision of Europe possessing a strong social aspect has become one of the political objectives of the European Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen…

The economy of the Republic of Poland is still in the period of its greatest slowdown in decades. It seems that the impact of the pandemic on the economy is weakening (hopefully permanently) and the prospects of development are looking rather good. Further recovery of economic activity can be expected, supported not only by private, but also public investments. Perhaps, in the longer term, we will benefit from the redevelopment of supply chains (should this take place) and a partial reallocation of production back to Europe…

The two projects recently presented: the National Recovery Plan (NRP – Krajowy Plan Odbudowy) and the Polish Energy Policy until 2040 (PEP2040), are documents of highly strategic importance that concern, to a large extent, the future of the entire Polish economy. Both strategies will significantly affect the image of our domestic economy, not only in the area of energy…

In spite of the ongoing epidemic and the economic crisis accompanying it, the Polish government continues to invent new taxes. Over the last year, the sugar tax, CIT on limited partnerships, the rain tax, and the tax on streaming services were introduced, the collection of the tax on commerce began, and the concept of an advertising tax was presented. Recent media reports indicate that an additional project was given “a green light” – the introduction of yet another burden: a tax on smartphones…