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This scandal exposes serious mismanagement of taxpayer money that was meant to help businesses recover from the pandemic. The government's own transparency initiative revealed yachts, saunas and luxury items being purchased with funds intended for economic recovery. Zero tolerance means nothing without proper oversight from the start, with Tusk admitting that funds were disbursed as quickly as possible.
The controversy involves less than 0.6% of over 824,000 contracts signed under the recovery program, showing the vast majority of funds are being used properly. These isolated cases are being blown out of proportion by political opponents trying to undermine a successful program that's modernizing Poland's economy. Poland has worked tirelessly to win the EU's trust and has no tolerance for this waste.