– When it comes to shortening [working] hours, the world is completely changing with new technologies – said Rafał Trzaskowski during a debate on TVP, Polsat, and TVN, when asked by Magdalena Biejat, “When will we finally be able to afford it, when will it be time for us to be a European welfare state?” in the context of, among other things, reducing working hours.

– I hope that soon Polish women and men will indeed be able to work less, not more, and that we will also listen to the voice of the younger generation, which clearly tells us that they would like to have more time for their friends, for their families, that they don't want to work like generations such as ours, like the generation of our fathers, our grandfathers, who worked non-stop – he continued.

– We will see if we can afford it, perhaps so, when it comes to these kinds of solutions. I am ready to talk with the left as well, but of course, responsibility is paramount in these matters. But I will never close myself off to such conversations – the KO candidate continued.

– We can talk about this indefinitely, and in the meantime, for heaven's sake. Poland is the 21st largest economy in the world, and it is high time that after years of transformation, the people who worked hard for this prosperity could benefit from its fruits. And there is really no reason for us to keep waiting indefinitely for shorter working hours, for efficient healthcare, for access to housing, because if we only talk like this, we will be waiting another 30 years – replied the New Left candidate.