The flagship Leszczyny project is beyond the government's attention. Instead, there are 58 other priorities.
- The government has no plans to ban the sale of alcohol at gas stations.
- Minister Maciej Berek presented the four main areas of the government's priorities
- Energy and economic security are key elements of the government's strategy
Berek, asked about the project prepared by former Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna, which introduced a ban on the sale of alcohol at gas stations at night, emphasized that it was "thoroughly consulted" and "raised a lot of question marks" .
He noted that the priorities of the Council of Ministers do not include the issue of banning the sale of alcohol in selected establishments, including gas stations.
"Right now, we don't have this project in the government process. But the problem and the discussion about it are very real. There are many different circumstances. I think that with the new Minister of Health (Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda - PAP), we will be able to return to the decisions we make. I don't want to declare this on behalf of the minister," Berek added.
Izabela Leszczyna, who served as Minister of Health until July 2024, failed to successfully push through a bill aimed at restricting alcohol availability . According to the draft amendment to the Act on Upbringing in Sobriety and Counteracting Alcoholism and the Act on Healthcare Services Financed from Public Funds, submitted for public consultation in March, the promotion of beer, including through bonuses, and the sale of alcohol in any form other than liquid alcohol are prohibited. The bill did not include a ban on the sale of alcohol at gas stations at night, previously announced by the Ministry of Health.
In September 2024, the media reported that alcohol was available in stores in packaging resembling fruit purees for children.
Minister Berek, presenting the government's priorities on Friday, said that they were grouped into four thematic areas.
- The first one is Safe Poland, safe Poles - he said.
As he said, "we understand security broadly here." - First of all, it's about Poland being a country ready to ensure security in this literal sense . To repel potential threats, to counteract these threats, and, if necessary, to actively defend itself, Berek said.
But it is also – as he added – internal security, energy security and security from the perspective of each family, i.e. what we call economic security.
- Security also means a strong, adequate position of our country in the international arena - the minister emphasized.
Berek listed several selected priorities in each of these areas. "In this area, a safe Poland, safe Poles, includes, among other things, drone troops. By the end of next year, an inspectorate for unmanned weapon systems will be operational, and drone laboratories will be operating in selected military units," the minister said.
He added, "In this priority, we also describe activities related to the further construction and development of the East Shield, which also includes a civilian protection program." "We are allocating over PLN 17 billion for these civilian protection activities next year," Berek stated.
The minister emphasized that security also includes energy security. " And here, the Minister of Energy's actions are intended to make the Polish power system resilient to blackout threats, " Berek said. Economic security, in turn, includes, among other things, low energy prices," he added.
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