PiS tempts the Confederation with the Polish Declaration, but Mentzen answers: "Socialist nonsense does not interest us".
What the Polish Law and Justice Declaration contains
The Law and Justice have presented ten points to build "a sovereign block".The last one says: "The living of the law, not of goods" – the announcement of cheaper premises thanks to anti-development policy.
Key postulates (chosen)
Not for a coalition with Donald Tuski.
So for a strategic alliance with the US
Not for the euro, so for the gold
Living by law, not by merchandise
Confederation: No socialist nonsense
Sławomir Mentzen felt that today it was PiS who needed the Confederacy. He declared that their possible coalition conditions would rule out the postulate of "living by law, not by goods", which he calls "left-wing carbon".
When presenting the Polish Declaration, Jarosław Kaczyński did not notice that the political situation had changed. It's the Law and Justice that needs the Confederation, not the Confederation of Law and Justice. In due time, we will present to potential partners our conditions, in which there will certainly be no socialist nonsense, such as: living by law, not by commodity – Sławomir Mentzen
When presenting the Polish Declaration, Jarosław Kaczyński did not notice that the political situation had changed. It's the Law and Justice that needs the Confederation, not the Confederation of Law and Justice.
In due time, we will present to potential partners our conditions in which there will certainly be no...
Residential Saving Accounts Instead of State Building
Land release and abolition of some taxes to increase housing supply
Political context
The Law and Justice is looking for an ally to push through its program and knock out anti-immigration opposition and Eurosceptic arguments.
The Confederacy, with two figures of support, prefers to dictate terms and distance itself from the proposal of President Kaczyński.
The term "habitation by law, not goods" has been associated with the Left, which makes it difficult for the Confederacy to support because the electorate of this party is liberal economically.
What this means for the housing market
If won by the version of the Law and Justice – possible greater role of the state, subsidies and price limits.
If the Confederacy puts itself on its own – deregulation, lower taxes and opening up the capital market for housing savings.
In both versions, the political pressure to lower prices will persist, but the tools will be extremely different.
The dispute over the phrase "living by law, not by commodity" became a test of the strength of both groups. For PiS it is a bow towards young voters fighting high prices of premises. For the Confederate, a red line whose crossing would mean moving away from a free market identity.
