| LATESTPUBLICATIONS "Opinions and Diagnoses" no 41
100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence. Remembrance and Community
no 42
School and Social Inequalities
Reports | Political Party Preferences in February
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| Family – its Meaning and Interpretation
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| Holiday Trips in 2018 and Plans for 2019
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| Assessments of Performance of Parliament and President
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| Attitude to Government in February
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| Trust in Politicians in February
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| Social Reactions on the So-called Kaczyński's Tapes
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| Social Moods in February
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| First Lady’s Salary
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| Interest in Elections to European Parliament, Declared Participation and Significance
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| 20 Years of Poland’s Membership in NATO
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Should the First Lady Be Paid?
| Every so often, public discourse returns to the subject of a salary for the first lady, the wife of the president of Poland. Those in favour of paying her maintain that, in practice, she is forced to give up her career, and by fulfilling a representative function at official events she is, in effect, working for the Polish state. Opponents of the idea counter this by arguing that the position of first lady is strictly honorary without any formally defined duties assigned to the role, and that giving up her career is dictated by nothing more than custom.
| People were asked how they felt about this issue. Opinions were divided but tended towards not giving her a salary. Almost half of those surveyed (49%) were of the opinion that she should not be paid for this function, while 40% were of the opposing view.
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| More on this subject in the CBOS report.
| The above data comes from the ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey of February 2019.
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