"Poland is expected to receive the largest debt from all participating countries, almost EUR 44 billion," writes Viktoria Grossmann. "For comparison, the Polish military budget this year is nearly EUR 50 billion. The EU offer seems to be highly advantageous for Poland. Despite this, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz must be very hard to convince Poles that the SAFE programme has many advantages and that it is simply a support for the Polish economy" - we read in the weekend edition of the newspaper.
The author pointed out that up to 80% of the funds will be received by Polish arms producers. Money besides should be utilized to acquisition tanks ordered in South Korea, which "does not precisely match the assumptions of the SAFE program". The EU programme is intended to advance cooperation in Europe. "This advice hinders the Polish opposition," Grossmann writes.
Right against SAFE loans
The German writer recalled that during the vote in the Sejm the opposition consisting of the "right-nationalist" PiS and the "extremely right-wing" Confederacy was against the SAFE program. It would not substance much if the President's signature was not needed until the entry into force of the Act. "Karol Nawrocka has not held his office in a cross-party way since the beginning, is close to the Laws, plays the function of Tusk's opponent and constantly vetoes government laws," we read in "SZ".
"Nawrocki believes that the SAFE programme threatens Poland's safety and limits the country's sovereignty," Grossmann writes. The German writer cites the opinion of PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński that "Poland is proposed to us under the German shoe and we reject this shoe".
Anxiety of the President's Office
Another argument raised by the president and another PiS and Confederacy politicians is the conditionality of loans from SAFE. The opposition fears that the European Union will block the payment of loans in the event of its re-entry to power. These political environments besides do not like that money is to be spent in the EU, which will reduce the procurement of weapons from the US.
Grossmann stressed that the United States governed by Trump was a "great model" for PiS and president Nawrocki. Nawrocki is considering joining the Peace Council, although only a typical of his law firm was sent to the first gathering of this body. Tusk is "surprisingly essential" erstwhile he says that Poland will not be a vassal of the USA," Grossmann concludes.
