Karol Nawrocki argued that the SAFE programme would indebt Poles for decades and threaten national sovereignty.
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Polish president and PM fail to reach agreement on EU defence loans as potential veto looms
Karol Nawrocki has now submitted his own “sovereign” alternative to the EU’s SAFE programme to parliament.
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“Poland will not be a vassal” of America, says PM Tusk
“Allied relations cannot consist of someone constantly saying yes to everything.”
Tusk: Poland will not join Trump’s Board of Peace “under current circumstances”
The issue put the government at odds with opposition-aligned President Karol Nawrocki, a Trump ally.
Polish president calls security meeting to discuss EU defence loans and Trump’s Board of Peace
Nawrocki also wants to address the alleged “eastern contacts” of the speaker of parliament.
President calls for Germany to pay Poland reparations in Auschwitz speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day
“To this day, the German state has not paid Poland reparations for the evils of WWII,” declared Karol Nawrocki.
Opposition leader Kaczyński calls for Poland to pay $1bn to join Trump’s Board of Peace
“We must be on the best possible terms with the United States,” said Kaczyński.
President signs Polish government’s budget into law despite concerns over deficit
As well as signing it, he also sent the budget to the Constitutional Tribunal for assessment.
Trump invites Poland’s President Nawrocki to join Board of Peace
The US president has invited dozens of world leaders to join the body, including Vladimir Putin.
“Poland open to its ethnic and religious minorities,” declares president at meeting of community leaders
“I feel responsible for all citizens of Poland, regardless of where they pray or the national minority they come from,” declared Karol Nawrocki.
Trump is the only leader who can end threat of Russia, Poland’s president tells BBC
Karol Nawrocki also declared that he shared Trump’s concerns about the direction in which the EU is heading.
President calls for “Poland without illegal immigrants” at football fan pilgrimage to Catholic shrine
Karol Nawrocki has become Poland’s first president to attend the annual pilgrimage to the country’s holiest Catholic shrine.
Law recognising Silesian as regional language in Poland approved by parliament
A previous such bill was vetoed by former President Andrzej Duda in 2024, and Karol Nawrocki may now do the same.
Poland’s warring president and PM pledge cooperation on security and Ukraine peace process
Both sides hailed the “constructive” meeting – the pair’s first since September.
