The European Commission is waiting for clarification on the KPO scandal. It will then take action.

• From what the Prime Minister announced, it follows that the Polish authorities will take action to clarify the suspicions, says European Commission spokesman Maciej Berestecki.
• Poland has all the instruments to check and clarify potential irregularities related to funds from the National Reconstruction Plan - he emphasizes.
• The European Commission is not intervening at this stage. If the government's actions prove ineffective, we will intervene," he added.

According to the Prime Minister's announcement, Polish authorities will take action to clarify the suspicions . If the government's actions prove ineffective, we will intervene.

- said European Commission spokesman Maciej Berestecki.

KPO funds were allegedly spent by the HoReCa (hotel and restaurant) industry on, among other things, yachts and furniture. The Ministry of Finance has announced inspections, and the prosecutor's office has already initiated investigations. Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized that he expects swift decisions and the revocation of funds in the event of abuse.

The EC spokesman explained that each Member State has a chapter on the control system included in the agreement on the spending of money with the KPO, to which the Commission is also a party.

Therefore, until the European Commission considers that attempts to clarify the irregularities at the national level have failed, the European Commission will not take action.

Poland has declared its willingness to clarify the matter, so we are waiting for the results

- he noted.

Berestecki noted that contacts between the European Commission and the Polish authorities regarding the KPO are regular at the technical level and the European Commission does not see the need to intervene at another level.

Poland has all the tools to investigate and clarify potential irregularities surrounding the National Recovery Plan funds . The European Commission is not intervening at this stage.

- said Maciej Berestecki, spokesman for the European Commission.

On Friday morning, Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Jan Szyszko announced that the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), which supervises the spending of this money, would initiate additional inspections that would verify "every zloty" spent as part of investments for the HoReCa industry .

He admitted that information about the irregularities reached the MFiPR management several weeks ago and that it was in connection with them that the previous president of PARP, Katarzyna Duber-Stachurska, was dismissed from her position at the end of July.

Krzysztof Gulda, acting president of PARP, assured that the inspections are already underway , but will be expanded, and their preliminary results are to be presented by the end of September this year at the latest .

He informed that if evidence of irregularities appears, it is possible to terminate the contract with the beneficiary and return the EU funds.

On the same day, Prime Minister Donald Tusk stressed that he would not accept any waste of KPO funds, indicating that he would expect quick decisions, including the withdrawal of funds where abuses had clearly occurred.

I've learned that Ms. Pełczyńska-Nałęcz's ministry has known about the irregularities or possible irregularities, sloppiness, and sometimes foolishly distributed funds for some time. These explanations aren't sufficient for me at this point.

- said the Prime Minister.