Post-pandemic recovery, environmental protection, security and support for green transformation in the region are the main themes of this year’s 12th Annual Forum of the EU for the Baltic Sea Region. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki participated in the opening panel of the five-day event.

“In theory, any citizen of a municipality or poviat can become a volunteer firemen and firewomen, but in order to actually become one, a candidate must have certain personality traits. These include fortitude, patience, forbearance, discipline, and readiness to help," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the official gala of the "ORLEN for Firefighters" programme. Once again, the ORLEN Foundation will provide funds for the purchase of equipment for professional and voluntary fire department units. This year, it will be PLN 2 million. The Prime Minister also mentioned the draft law for Volunteer Fire Departments that provides for a number of beneficial changes for volunteer firemen and firewomen.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended ceremonies to unveil plaques dedicated to the late Kornel Morawiecki in Jędrzejów and Nawarzyce. He also laid flowers at the plaque commemorating the firefighters, founders of the Voluntary Fire Service in Nawarzyce.

We focus on railroad – the most ecological means of transport. Therefore, we have already modernised almost 5,500 km of railroad lines and 225 railroad stations. Thanks to this, Poles can, for example, get to work or back home faster. We also restore rail connections that were once closed. This includes, among other things, the modernisation of the Mielec-Dębica line. Thanks to that, after a 12-year break, the railroad connection between Mielec and Debica was restored.

The fourth Strategic Dialogue on Energy between the official delegations of the Republic of Poland, led by Piotr Naimski, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure and the official delegation of the United States, led by Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, was held on September 22 in Warsaw. Polish Minister of Climate and Environment, Michał Kurtyka, also took part in the strategic dialogue.

The year 2021 is the year of Cyprian Kamil Norwid established by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. It is an opportunity to pick up volumes of his poetry from home libraries and immerse in the spirit of the Romanticism era. In the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Secondary School in Radzymin, Prime Minister inaugurated the competitions devoted to the works of the Polish poet and painter. The head of government also visited the place of birth of the outstanding thinker. In Dąbrówka, he laid flowers under the plaque commemorating the act of baptism of C. K. Norwid and at the symbolic tomb of the poet's mother.

The Milicz Association of Friends of Children and People with Disabilities has been operating for over 22 years. On Friday, the newly opened therapeutic facility for the youngest patients was visited by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The Head of the Polish Government recalled that the amendment to the Budget Act for 2021 will result in an additional PLN 800 million for the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (PFRON).

Since 2015, thanks to the government's effective measures, the VAT gap has been sharply reduced. According to the European Commission (EC), from 2015 to 2019, it shrank from 24.7 to 9.7 per cent. Now the VAT gap in Poland is lower than the EU average. “By closing the VAT gap, we have improved the state's social and investment policy capabilities. Thanks to this, we are building pro-export mechanisms. This reflects the maturity of the state,” said Prime Minister during the conference entitled “Fair VAT, profit for everyone”.

Nuclear energy, cyber-security, fossil fuels, energy infrastructure - these were the main topics of discussion during the meetings of the Polish-American Strategic Energy Dialogue. On 22 September 2021, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm met to discuss energy cooperation and the Polish-American Strategic Energy Dialogue.

Government support for housing financing and the reduction of paperwork for the construction of houses up to 70 m2 were the main topics of the meeting of the Council of Political Advisers with the participation of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The country’s strategic objectives and current domestic and foreign policy topics were also discussed during the meeting.