100 days of Karol Nawrocki’s presidency

November 14 2025

The date 14 November marked 100 days since the inauguration of Karol Nawrocki as President of Poland. These have been 100 days of being true to his word.

In his address to the National Assembly on 6 August, President Nawrocki promised the Polish people that Poland would be a sovereign, safe, law–abiding and prosperous country, with bold, large–scale investments. President Nawrocki works to realise this vision of Poland every day.

In the first 100 days of his presidency, the President submitted 11 legislative initiatives, vetoed 13 bills and signed into law 70. He has also appointed 22 officers to general ranks, as well as 64 judges and judicial assessors. He undertook 11 foreign visits, including two to the United States, and received six presidents and prime ministers. He has made over 20 domestic visits. He has awarded over 24,000 decorations.

In accordance with his campaign promise, within 100 days of taking office the President submitted a bill to the Sejm to reduce energy prices by 33%. This was an enduring reform that simplified the system and reduced electricity bills, aiming to provide authentic relief for families and businesses.

Next to this initiative, President Nawrocki submitted ten other bills, including two concerning large–scale investments in the Central Communication Port CPK and Polish ports, and three social initiatives. These were „ PIT Zero. Family on the Plus Side”, exempting families with two or more children from income tax; „Protection of the Polish Rural Community”, obliging the government to protect Polish agriculture from the influx of grain from Ukraine and the effects of the Mercosur agreement; and a bill prohibiting the sale of land to foreigners for ten years. He also submitted a bill providing for an annual indexation of pensions by a minimum of PLN 150.

Other bills submitted by the President include a bill establishing the Edge–Cutting Technologies Investment Fund, a bill amending the process of granting Polish citizenship and a bill counteracting the spread of harmful Banderist ideology in Poland. The President also presented draft amendments to bills previously vetoed, such as the regulation updating the rules for public assistance to Ukrainians, and the draft extending the freeze on electricity prices.

In a cohabitation arrangement, the President facilitates dialogue with the government on matters of the utmost importance to citizens. He encourages the parliamentary majority to work harder and implement the election promises that he approves of himself. In August, President Karol Nawrocki convened a meeting of the Cabinet Council to discuss the state of public finances, development investments and the protection of Polish agriculture.

The President also appointed new representatives to the Social Dialogue Council, and the inaugural meeting of this body, attended by the head of state, focused on Poland’s energy transition.

During the initial weeks of his presidency, President Nawrocki began nominations to expert councils whose members will develop and present solutions in their respective fields to the President. The Youth Council, appointed in October, tops the list of bodies.

In his address on 6 August, the President announced that he was concerned about the state of the rule of law in Poland and would establish a Council for the Restoration of the State System. The Council’s work will begin in the coming weeks. This is in response to the deepening chaos in the judiciary and the President’s view that the incumbent Minister of Justice is blatantly violating the law. From the outset, President Karol Nawrocki has made it clear that he will not accept any undermining of the status of judges appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland.

Therefore, the President has decided to submit a request to the Constitutional Tribunal to examine the constitutionality of the Minister of Justice’s regulation of September 29, 2025, amending the regulation – Rules of Procedure of Common Courts. In addition, following this referral to the Constitutional Tribunal, the Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland took another step: he notified the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw of the possibility that the head of the Ministry of Justice had committed a criminal offence under Article 231 § 1 of the Criminal Code.

When presenting judicial and assistant judicial appointments to over sixty lawyers, he said:

Judges are nominated by each successive President of the Republic of Poland. Do not let anyone convince you that there are different categories of judge. This is not the case, and we will never accept it. This atmosphere of lawlessness obliges me to fight against any attempt to violate the Polish constitutional system.

On 12 November, President Karol Nawrocki also announced that he had refused to promote 46 judges who question the constitutional and legal order of the Republic of Poland. He clearly emphasized that the appointment of judges is the exclusive prerogative of the President.

Also, in a gesture of opposition to the politically motivated rejection by the Sejm and Senate of the report by the National Broadcasting Council, KRRiT, on its activities in 2024, the President did not confirm the expiry of the term of office of the members of the National Broadcasting Council.

Commander–in–Chief of the Armed Forces President Karol Nawrocki has awarded to–date 22 general promotions to the servicemen of the Polish Army, as well as to officers of the Police, Border Guard, and State Fire Service. The ceremonies took place on the eve of Polish Armed Forces Day and National Independence Day.

During the 'Thank you for your service’ parade on Armed Forces Day, the President invited the government to collaborate on a new national security strategy and the security constitution of the Republic of Poland. He also discussed the prospect of establishing a 300,000–strong, well–equipped army and the necessity of allocating 5% of GDP to defence.

Taking an active concern in Poland’s security is not merely a matter of proposals. Following the first ever drone incursion on a territory of a NATO member state, Poland, President Karol Nawrocki attended a briefing at the Armed Forces Operational Command and held a meeting at the National Security Bureau. Two days later, the National Security Council met at the Presidential Palace, with representatives of all political parties in the Polish parliament in attendance. The President also visited the 31st Tactical Air Base in Poznań–Krzesiny, remaining in constant contact with Allies throughout.

The main focus of President Karol Nawrocki’s international agenda is ensuring Poland’s security. As promised, his first foreign visit was to Washington, D.C., where historic talks took place between Mr Nawrocki, who had been in office for less than a month, and US President Donald Trump. The results of these talks were announced on the same day. Poland received a declaration from President Trump confirming that there would be no reduction in the number of US troops in Poland, and in recognition of Poland’s economic development, the President was invited to participate in the G20 summit.

President Nawrocki paid another visit to the United States for the 80th Session of the General Assembly in New York, during which he addressed the General Debate and the UN Security Council. The President also maintains frequent contact with the US leader, as evidenced by his participation in two teleconferences related to the talks in Alaska.

The meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington was preceded by a series of consultations with the leaders of Central and Eastern European countries: a visit by the leaders of the Baltic Sea region (the Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the Prime Minister of Denmark) at the Belvedere Palace, as well as telephone conversations with the President of Bulgaria and the President of Moldova.

Regional issues were also discussed in detail during the President’s bilateral visits to Vilnius, Helsinki, and Tallinn. With our partners the President discussed cooperation within such formats as the Bucharest Nine and the Three Seas Initiative.

With his visit to Bratislava, the President began to strengthen ties within the Visegrad Group. Karol Nawrocki will visit the Czech Republic and Hungary later this year.

During his visits to the European capitals of Berlin, Paris and Rome, the President discussed EU issues, as well as security and cooperation within the North Atlantic Alliance. He spoke with the leaders of Italy and France about the detrimental impact of the Mercosur agreement on the Polish economy. With the German Chancellor, he discussed climate policy, among other things.

As a sign of opposition to the EU’s migration policy, President Karol Nawrocki wrote to the President of the European Commission to express Poland’s refusal to implement the provisions of the migration pact.

An important element of the President’s international activities is historical diplomacy. The importance of this mission was emphasized by President Karol Nawrocki’s appointment of Professor Grzegorz Berendt as Ambassador – Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Poland for Historical Diplomacy.

In August and September, the Polish head of state once again sent a message to the world, sharing the truth about the struggle and martyrdom of the Polish people during World War II and about the birth and victory of Solidarity. In addition, the President participated in various commemorations of dozens of distinguished Poles, from St. John Paul II, Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko and Fryderyk Chopin, to those rescued from the abyss of oblivion and, once again, solemnly reburied: the Cursed Soldiers–the Indomitable, and other heroes of the resistance against communist captivity.

President Karol Nawrocki addressed the Ukrainian authorities regarding the exhumation of victims of the Volhynia massacre and raised the issue of war reparations from Germany with the German authorities. He proposed linking repayment to support for the Polish arms industry.