The city is short of almost 400 million. "A sham and the height of hypocrisy"

The newly elected president of Krakow, Łukasz Gibała, highlighted a significant budget deficit primarily due to teacher salaries, totaling 220 million PLN. He aims to address financial shortfalls without incurring additional debt and has initiated a detailed budget analysis. Gibała proposed to take the lowest statutory salary for himself, which was unanimously approved by the city council. Discussions among council members revealed ongoing budgetary issues, with calls for savings in international organization memberships and city media expenditures. Critics argue that the budget deficits are a recurring issue and suggest that the current focus on the deficit may be a way for Gibała to backtrack on election promises. The city is awaiting responses regarding past budget shortfalls.