Polish National Financing of Support to Mass Arrivals of Persons Fleeing Ukraine After 24 February 2022
Polish National Financing of Support to Mass Arrivals of Persons Fleeing Ukraine After 24 February 2022
Author(s): Piotr Sadowski, Małgorzata CilakSubject(s): International Law, Public Law, Public Finances, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: mass inflow of displaced persons; financing support to persons fleeing Ukraine; state budget; predictability of financing; Parliamentary control of public spendings;
Summary/Abstract: The article is focused on financing of Polish support to displaced persons arriving to Poland from Ukraine after 24 February 2022, so after the Russian invasion on Ukraine. Poland has introduced a new statute and has amended general rules applicable in mass influx situations. That area of law is regulated also by Directive 2001/55/EC which establishes a minimum standard of displaced persons’ rights, leaving their financing primarily to national budgets. The Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 is the first law which has activated the Directive. Under the amended Polish law, support to persons from Ukraine is subject to the availability of national financial resources, which contradicts the principles of public finance law because Polish law does not establish predictable sources of financing, and spendings are not controlled by the Polish Parliament.
Journal: Krytyka Prawa
- Issue Year: 15/2023
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 71-85
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English