The need to implement regulations on personal data protection and employee capital plans adopted under the various PiS government ensured work for law firms.

Motorways are nearly completed, the construction of railway infrastructure has stopped and no new airports have been built.

During the four years of PiS rule, the professional army increased by just 5 per cent but attracted volunteers numbering in the tens of thousands.

Over the course of PiS’s rule, Poland's dependence on Russian gas has decreased; the construction of a gas hub has also begun. Market liberalisation has been put on the back burner.

PiS rule saw the deterioration of relations with Ukraine and the role of the Eastern Partnership decreasing. On the plus side, Poland has become less reliant on energy from Russia.

From 2015 to 2019, the Ministry of Defence launched several key defence programmes, but failed to push through a technological breakthrough in the army.

After four years of PiS governments, rule of law in Poland is in a worse state than it was before the party took over in 2015. Moreover, the Supreme Court is taking several months longer to hand down its verdicts.

During the rule of the various PiS governments, Poland focused on building a leading position in the region, although it did not boast many spectacular results. Less attention was dedicated to relations with Western Europe.

Poland’s economic position in the region has not improved since PiS came to power. Central and Eastern Europe has made gains as a whole due to external factors.

Under PiS, Poland’s position in economic and social rankings did not change much, as opposed to freedom and democracy rankings, which fell drastically.