Pierwsze sto dni rządu Beaty Szydło. Realizacja społeczno-gospodarczych obietnic wyborczych
The First Hundred Days of Beata Szydło’s Government. Implementation of the Socio-Economic Electoral Promises

Summary/Abstract: 25th February, 2016 marked the first hundred days of Beata Szydło’s government. According to the electoral promises by that date the government should have made decisions regarding child benefits (first child was excluded) of 500 PLN, lowering of the retirement age, raising of the income tax threshold, introducing free prescription drugs for seniors and increasing the minimum rate per hour. The aim of the paper has been to present and examine the socio-economic programme of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and to assess its implementation in the government’s first hundred days. The focus has been placed on the impact of implementing the socio-economic electoral promises into the Polish economy. Based on the analysis of the documents produced by the government and the Parliament, the author has dealt with two questions: 1) to what extend the socioeconomic premises of Beata Szydło’s government have been implemented during the first hundred days; and 2) what challenges Beata Szydło’s government has had to face while implementing its socio-economic policies. Comparative, decision-based and institutionally legal methods have been used in order to find answers to those questions.

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