They will help bolster defences along Poland’s borders with Belarus and Russia.
They will help bolster defences along Poland’s borders with Belarus and Russia.
The intention behind Russia’s rail sabotage “was clearly to kill Polish citizens”, says Radosław Sikorski.
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The idea was proposed and promoted by Poland, which says Russia is to blame for the incidents.
Poland is already NATO’s biggest relative spender, devoting 4.12% of GDP to defence in 2024, which is set to rise to 4.7% this year.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the opposition should be “ashamed” of Karol Nawrocki’s views.
“Poland’s security is Sweden’s security,” said Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
“I know that I can count on Poland to lead the way,” said Mark Rutte during his first visit to Poland as NATO secretary general.
It follows a media report that he showed bias in recruitment and was accused of homophobic and racist behaviour.
The Polish armed forces contain 216,100 personnel, and are the alliance’s largest in Europe.
The diplomat in question, Tomasz Szatkowski, rejected the allegations and announced plans to sue the prime minister.
“The aim is to establish cooperation in the development of our key deep strike capability,” said Poland’s defence ministry.
In both cases, Olaf Scholz did not provide details of what these measures would involve in practice.
The Polish defence budget, at 4.12% of GDP, is the highest among NATO countries and more than double the alliance’s guideline of 2%.
Andrzej Duda accused the government of violating procedures and endangering Poland’s preparation for an upcoming NATO summit.