Once again, the Polish Parliament failed to override a presidential veto on controversial cryptocurrency legislation, deepening tensions between the country’s legislature and the head of state.
Polish lawmakers face back-to-back defeat against Nawrocki over cryptocurrency bill
According to what was reported by a local media outlet. TVP worldMembers of the lower house of the Polish Parliament, i.e. the Sejm, failed to reach the fifth-third majority required to overturn the second presidential veto of the Crypto Asset Market Law. President Karol Narkowski initially vetoed a cryptocurrency regulation bill in December 2025, citing over-regulation, ambiguity, and an increasing regulatory burden on small businesses.
Polish lawmakers, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to fail To override this first veto, which would have aligned Poland’s digital asset regulations with the EU’s general MICA regulations. In February, the same measure was passed again and President Narkowski vetoed it, citing the same reasons as before.
In an attempt to override the president’s approval, lawmakers held a vote on Friday, with 191 lawmakers voting in favor of the veto and 243 opposing. Ultimately, this result fell short of the constitutionally required 263 votes to override the president’s veto in Poland. According to Narkowski in December, the proposed digital asset regulation “threatens the freedom and property of Poles and the stability of the state.”
Polish ministers react to the failed bypass attempt
In the wake of Friday’s failed efforts to pass a crypto-asset market law, several members of Poland’s parliament responded in different ways.
Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski strongly criticized President Narkowski’s veto, stating that the lack of updated regulations jeopardizes the integrity of the Polish digital asset market. Domansky described the current environment as one of fraudsters that threatens the protection of investors and entrepreneurs.
Another interesting aspect of this regulation is Prime Minister Tusk’s recent allegations against the largest exchange in Poland, Zondacrypto, which also lobbied against the Crypto Asset Market Law. Prime Minister Tusk claimed that Zondacrypto was created by the Russian mafia and resources linked to Russian intelligence agencies.
Given these funding sources, Tusk questions the stock exchange’s involvement in Polish politics, citing reports from security agencies that the company’s CEO, Przemyslaw Kral, has donated to opposition candidates.
Interior Minister Marcin Kirwinski linked the push for a crypto-asset market law to this government concern, saying:
The plan is to continue to address this until we succeed, until awareness of the threats and these strange interests that some right-wing politicians are linking to this (cryptocurrency) exchange finally reaches the president.
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