At the August 2025 meeting, Nawrocki raised a 150-billion-zloty deficit while Tusk stressed that the council does not replace the government.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki convened the Cabinet Council only once in his first year in office, on August 27, 2025, about three weeks after his inauguration. During his campaign, he promised to use the constitutional forum to press the government to work more actively. He told Gazeta Prawna that effectiveness mattered more than meeting frequency and pledged to raise concerns about rising prices and investment projects.
The agenda included the state budget and public finances, the Central Communication Port, nuclear power plants and the situation of farmers. Nawrocki said the deficit, which he put at 150 billion zlotys, alarmed him. He also cited shortfalls in VAT, corporate income tax and excise revenue.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the government would provide information within the president’s constitutional role. He emphasized that the Cabinet Council does not replace the government or parliament. Tusk disputed some of Nawrocki’s claims and said inflation had fallen to around 3 percent after a period of high price growth.
Poland’s Constitution allows the president to convene the council on matters of particular importance. It brings ministers together under the president’s chairmanship but has none of the Council of Ministers’ powers. The Presidential Chancellery told Gazeta.pl that meetings are not held on a regular cycle and are called as circumstances require. Commentators at Gazeta.pl, Rzeczpospolita and OKO.press argued that the public meeting benefited Tusk politically. These were their assessments. The Chancellery also said the president has other ways to engage with the government.