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The prolonged lockdown and further restrictions may lead to a real economic collapse. On the macro scale, Poland copes relatively well with the economic effects of the epidemic, but a number of industries – those currently subject to special rigors or a complete ban on operations – are in an extremely difficult situation. Maintaining the currently enforced restrictions after 17th January 2021 is associated with the risk of a wave of bankruptcies in the sectors covered by those restrictions and the spread of the crisis also to related sectors…
Appel of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers for a 12-month-long moratorium on new burdens
The year 2020 has been the most difficult period for Polish companies in many years. Within a few months there have been three giant blows to businesses: a tight lockdown in March-May, reduced demand in “social sectors” in June-August, finally a second wave of the epidemic that started in September, which resulted in the ongoing re-closure of a significant part of the economy…
The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers demands the economy to be unlocked
The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers is critical of the introduction of the next stage of shutting down the economy. The Union calls for actions aimed at the unlocking of all closed sectors, the implementation of educational activities aimed at citizens and entrepreneurs, as well as the enforcement of the sanitary regime in the DDM standard and epidemic guidelines for all industries…
Pursuit of technology sovereignty or new protectionism? Discussion on the new direction of European policy-making with particular emphasis on the Digital Services Act
On Tuesday, 15th December 2020, the European Commission’s legislative proposal on the Digital Services Act (hereinafter referred to as “DSA”) was published. Public consultations conducted by the European Commission concerning the shape of future regulations, in which the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers took part, ended on 9th September. Moreover, the European Enterprise Alliance and SME Connect also presented their opinions in this respect…
