Government wants to rise excise duty, president announces veto

- I'm sorry. If the president says he won't sign the taxation increase bill, he won't sign the bill. That's all, announced present by the president's chief of law, Zbigniew Bogucki. This means that Karol Nawrocki will veto an act that would let excise work to be raised for alcoholic beverages. The government planned to introduce an increase from 1 January 2026 in order "to counter the harmful influence of alcohol on the wellness of Poles". We're checking to see if this has worked so far.