Fuel Price Freeze Ends in Poland: Pump Prices Rise by Up to 1 Zloty per Litre

From the start of July 2025, Poland removed its retail fuel price caps and VAT on fuel returned from the reduced 8% rate to the full 23%. Petrol station prices rose by up to nearly one zloty per litre. Commentator Mikołaj Fidziński argues the government could have handled the transition more carefully, though the Central Oil Plan helped defuse the political fallout.