New legal grounds for reducing salaries and allowances for members of parliament in Poland (selected constitutional issues)

In 2018, two acts amending the hitherto existing regulations on the rules for reducing salaries and allowances for Polish parliamentarians entered into force. At present, apart from the grounds related to preventing parliamentary work and unjustified absence at the meeting, the reduction of salary and allowances is also possible due to violation of the dignity of the chamber by the deputy or senator or because of violating the calm or order in parliament in a blatant manner. The aim of the article is an attempt to evaluate the introduced regulations in the context of their compliance with constitutional and European standards