US EditionPoland’s New President Vetoes Bill Loosening Wind Turbine Law, Freezing Energy Prices
President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill combining easier wind farm development with an energy price freeze, supporting price control but opposing bundled legislation, affecting Poland's energy transition plans.
- On Thursday, President Karol Nawrocki vetoed the so-called wind turbine bill, his first veto since taking office a few weeks ago, blocking eased wind rules bundled with a freeze on energy prices.
- Rejecting bundled measures, Nawrocki argued he supported the freeze on energy prices but objected to combining it with wind-farm easing, deepening tensions with Law and Justice party.
- Parliamentary papers show that 96 pages were discarded while two pages on freezing electricity prices were resubmitted; Presidential spokesman Rafał Leśkiewicz said President Karol Nawrocki signed 21 other bills Thursday.
- Following the veto, President Karol Nawrocki plans to submit a new draft bill focusing on a price freeze without wind provisions and will present another energy proposal soon.
- With coal's share shrinking from 70% to 54%, Poland aims for at least 50% renewable energy target by decade's end, influencing onshore wind farm policies.
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Polish President Vetoes Wind Farm Bill in Showdown with Tusk
The new Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, on Thursday announced his veto of a law that sought to ease restrictions on the construction of onshore wind farms and extend the freeze on electricity prices until the end of 2025. This marks the first veto of his term, which began on August 6th, and represents a direct confrontation with Donald Tusk’s government. Nawrocki explained at a press conference that he will present an alternative legislative p…
New Polish President Vetoes Wind Energy Bill
For the first time since taking office a few weeks ago, Poland’s new President Karol Nawrocki used his veto power to block a bill passed by Parliament—and it was a green energy bill easing rules for building onshore wind farms but bundling it with a freeze on energy prices. “This is the first bill which I’ve decided to veto,” Nawrocki said on Thursday, as carried by Bloomberg. “It was a kind of blackmail by the parliamentary majority,” the presi…
Poland’s new president vetoes bill loosening wind turbine law, freezing energy prices
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, has vetoed a bill easing rules for building onshore wind turbines, marking the first time he has exercised that power si…
"It was supposed to be an ambush, a trap into which the president would fall," Zbigniew Bogucki stated in Graffiti, referring to the veto of the wind farm bill. The government sewn in provisions freezing energy prices, while simultaneously liberalizing regulations on building wind farms closer to homes. The head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland also announced that the president would be in Rome in early September.
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