Nearly 90% of Pes support ending social benefits for Ukrainians

This is according to a survey by the IBRiS center for Rzeczpospita, Ukrinform reports.

When asked, "How do you view the statement, raised during the election campaign in Pand, about linking the payment of '800+' benefits to Ukrainians with employment and tax contributions in Pand?" 88% of respondents supported the prosal. Meanwhile, 3.2% posed it, and 5.6% were undecided.

Restrictions on social benefits for Ukrainians are supported by 88% of voters from the current left-liberal coalition and 92% of supporters of right-conservative position parties.

As reported by Ukrinform, Pand’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk backed a prosal by the ruling Civic Coalition's presidential candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, to tie child benefits under the "800+" program for foreigners to employment and tax contributions in Pand.

Trzaskowski has repeatedly emphasized during campaign speeches that he advocates for ending "800+" benefits (a monthly payment of about $200 for all children under 18 in Pand) for Ukrainian families who do not work or pay taxes in the country. Tusk noted that the government would urgently review this prosal.

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Currently, child benefits under the "800+" program are paid to all families in Pand, including foreigners, with no additional requirements.

The first round of Pand's presidential elections will take place on May 18, with a possible second round on June 1. Currently, Trzaskowski is the leading candidate to become the next president of Pand.

Pand is currently home to over two million Ukrainians, about one million of whom arrived flowing Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.