Donald Tusk Announces A Year Of "turbo Acceleration" For Poland's Economy

The goal is to catch up with the UK in 5 years.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has declared 2026 a time of economic "turbo acceleration," publicly challenging the finance minister to catch up with the UK in terms of wealth in one cadence. Finance Minister Andrzej Domański accepted the challenge, citing previous success - outperforming Japan, Polski Radio 24 reported.

The main engine of growth should be investments, the rate of which is expected to double to 10-11%, directing funds to key sectors: defense, nuclear energy and space industry, where spending will be more than doubled.

The head of government pointed to the change in international perception of Poland, citing opinions about "German envy and anger" in relation to the pace of Polish development. He cited record growth on the stock exchange and Poland's invitation to participate in the G20 group as evidence of this.

Berlin's envy and records on the stock exchange

The Warsaw stock exchange meeting, titled "Poland - a year of acceleration," was the occasion to announce key data for 2025:

GDP growth of 3.6%,

inflation reduced to 2.2%,

historic bull market on the stock exchange.

The prime minister emphasized that the best reviewer of the Polish economy is the financial markets. The WIG index posted a record growth in this century of almost 50%, and the beginning of the year added another 6%.

Target: catch up with the UK in 5 years

The conference culminated with the prime minister's public challenge: to reach the UK's wealth level in one cadence. Finance Minister Andrzej Domański accepted the challenge:

"Five years to catch up with the UK in terms of GDP per capita including prices. This is the same indicator by which we overtook Japan last year. The whole world looks at Poland with recognition. We will work and in 5 years we will reach the goal."

Investment offensive: space, housing, nuclear

The Minister of Finance announced 2026 as the year of investment with a dynamic of 10-11%. places in dormitories.

The construction of the first nuclear power plant will be allocated PLN 8 billion this year.

An anti-blackout package and investments in energy storage are being implemented.

Deregulation and promotion in the G20

Tusk recalled the ongoing deregulation initiative implemented together with business. Poland is promoting this approach in Brussels as well. Confirmation of the country's new role was the invitation of Poland to participate in the G20 and the informal E6 group of the EU's largest economies.

"Poland was invited to the G20 as the 20th economy in the world. This is a recognition of the facts. We have joined the club of trillion-dollar economies (in dollars) and we want to stimulate Europe to regain competitiveness," Domański said.

Export breakthrough and return of migrants

Macroeconomic data for the end of 2025 show a change in the growth structure: in December, industrial production grew by 7%,

exports by almost 10%, which the minister called "a real breakthrough."

The stability has also resulted in a change in migration trends: according to Tusk, Poles are increasingly returning from emigration - not because of political appeals, but for pragmatic reasons: life in Poland is becoming safer and more profitable than in the West.

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