WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz was quoted as saying on Friday that the she wanted to use the easing of European Union fiscal controls on Warsaw to cut taxes, as her party seeks to win back support ahead of an autumn parliamentary election.
"I plan to lower taxes, especially the personal ones. I will present the project in autumn together with the whole program," Kopacz told daily Rzeczpospolita.
"One of the proposals concerning the tax solutions will be an alternative to the tax-free allowance."
The European Commission recommended in May that Poland no longer be subject to procedures aimed at cutting its budget deficits, leaving more leeway in budget construction.
Kopacz's party, the ruling pro-business Civic Platform (PO), has presided over strong economic growth since 2007.
But its candidate lost in the May presidential election to a challenger from main opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) and opinion polls show PO may also lose the autumn parliamentary elections.
PiS candidate for prime minister, Beata Szydlo, said on Thursday that the conservative party wants to cut the Corporate Income Tax (CIT) for small companies as part of its wider plan to boost the economy.
In her interview for Rzeczpospolita, Kopacz added that countries from outside the euro zone should also be able to participate in taking key decisions concerning the common-currency area.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Barteczko; Editing by Dominic Evans)