Donald Tusk made the declaration at a news conference on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters after the weekly Cabinet meeting, the prime minister said the government would be "ready by the end of January" with a "bill to rebuild state media."
Tusk reiterated that the government was "open to working together with President Andrzej Duda" on ways to remedy state media.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. PAP/Paweł Supernak.
On December 20, Poland's new centre-left government replaced the CEO's of state media in a move it said was designed to "restore impartiality" of public broadcasters and "public order," while the president said the measure "breached the constitution."
On December 27, Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz announced he had put Poland's state media "in liquidation" to ensure that the companies "can continue to function, undergo the necessary restructuring and avoid having to dismiss staff," following the president's veto against an EUR 692 million grant to state media in the 2024 budget.
On the basis of this decision, the government appointed administrators to run the state TV broadcaster TVP, Polish Radio and Polish Press Agency PAP, Radio Zet reported.
On December 28, Poland's media regulator the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiTV) said the Cabinet's decision to liquidate state media companies was "illegal," adding it had reported the measure to the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA).
Also on December 28, Deputy Culture Minister Bożena Żelazowska said the decision to liquidate state media was designed to restructure public broadcasters, in order to "restore their public character" as a source of "credible information for the public," Polish Radio's IAR news agency reported.
Source: IAR, PAP, Radio Zet, Polsat News