Poland is forecast to attract over 650 billion Zlotys ($160 billion) in investment in 2025, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday, as the government rolled out a series of measures, including tax cuts and deregulation, to encourage growth.

While the country’s economy has been one of the fastest-growing in Europe in recent years, largely fuelled by strong private consumption and double-digit wage increases in a tight labour market, analysts highlight that investment remains a challenge as Poland seeks to narrow the gap with wealthier Western European nations.

“Investment in Poland in 2025 will amount to over 650 billion Zlotys,” the PM told a news conference at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. “This amount has never been seen in the history of the Polish economy.”

Furthermore, Tusk stated that investments would focus on sectors such as defence, green energy, information technology, and transport infrastructure, with 180 billion Zlotys allocated to the rail network by 2032, Reuters reports.

He also stated that the heads of tech giants Google and Microsoft would be visiting Poland in a few days to finalise plans for investments in the country.

Moreover, Tusk added that Poland's economic growth in 2025 could approach 4%.

Additionally, he revealed that he had asked Rafal Brzoska, CEO of parcel locker company InPost, to assist in preparing measures aimed at reducing red tape.

Lawmakers from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party were sceptical, with Member of the European Parliament Michal Dworczyk dismissing Tusk’s speech as “waffle without any specifics.”

Whereas Mariusz Zielonka, chief economist at the business association Lewiatan, noted that the projected investment for 2025 “does not differ from what the state and investors spend in Poland every year,” and pointed out that there were few concrete details provided.

In addition, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski stated that Poland would increase its spending on research and technology, as well as on developing ports and railways. He said the government's goal is to support businesses and build “a strong, dynamic, but also safe economy - an economy resistant to external shocks.”

Domanski added that Poland would increase the VAT exemption limit for companies and reduce the tax on copper production by 500 million Zlotys in 2026 and 700 million Zlotys in 2027.