Opposition Enters Policy Debate

July 2005 | Political Risk Analysis

Poland's two main centre-right opposition parties have claimed that they are capable of lowering the 2006 budget deficit below the PLN30bn (equivalent to 3% of GDP) envisaged by the ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). Law and Justice (PiS) deputy leader Wojciech Jazinski indicated that his party would target a budget deficit of PLN26bn next year, if elected to power, with fiscal savings to be realised from a combination of improved financial management by government agencies and a switch to a task-based budget (which would increase scrutiny of public finances). The Civic Platform (PO), which is likely to form the core

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