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Poland launches cash boost for pensioners

25.08.2022 14:45
Poland’s prime minister has said that an additional one-off benefit for pensioners, launched on Thursday, is intended to improve the quality of life among the country’s seniors.
Polands Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (centre) and Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg (left) meet seniors in the village of Siennica (central Poland) on Thursday, August 25, 2022.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (centre) and Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg (left) meet seniors in the village of Siennica (central Poland) on Thursday, August 25, 2022.PAP/Przemysław Piątkowski

Mateusz Morawiecki made the statement at a meeting with pensioners in the central Polish village of Siennica, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

The PM said that the one-off allowance, called “the 14th pension,” would soon arrive in the wallets and bank accounts of Poland’s seniors. 

He added that the benefit was designed "to improve the quality of life among seniors.”

Morawiecki stressed that “the state must have a heart, it must understand its citizens.”

Some nine million pensioners are eligible for the “14th pension,” which is expected to cost PLN 11.4 billion (EUR 2.4 billion), officials said.

At the meeting in Siennica, Morawiecki was accompanied by the Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg. 

Earlier this month, Maląg said that the "14th pension" would be "income-tested," which means that pensioners with a monthly income of up to PLN 2,900 (EUR 615) will receive the full benefit of PLN 1,217 (EUR 258), while those with bigger income will get a proportionately smaller benefit, the PAP news agency reported.      

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Source: PAP, money.pl